TroySantos
01-26-2006, 12:28 PM
HIYA!
Brand new here but have been toying with raw / living food since about 1995.
I live in Thailand. I will take a walking tour of the country this year starting in March sometime. Many months. Most or all of 2006 and possibly into 2007. A friend has invited me to walk to China and Tibet. I would not say no. If you or anyone you know might be interested in joining me at least part of the way, please let me know.
I am a Buddhist but I am open and interested in any spiritual / agnostic / atheist path. Buddhism happens to make loads of sense to me. Having said that, in the area of food especially, I'm not reaping the benefits of my raw food / Buddhist practice and I see pretty clearly why. I don't know the deeper more profound reasons however, but I'll tell more about that if anyone's interested. So, if you or anyone you know of may be interested in taking a long or short walk around Thailand, let me know. I've created a blog where I explained more. http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=21268954
I lived in the SF Bay Area about half my life. I'm 41 now. I've lived in Asia about 15 years. Thailand about 7 years.
In Burlingame Calif I worked at Earthbeam Natural Foods. In 1995 a customer introduced me to the idea of raw foods. I instantly took to the idea and tried it right away. But I had no idea of how to do it. I have a strong feeling I've screwed myself up pretty badly in the intervening years. On the way toward health but see that I'm not interested enough in being healthy to really go for it. This is really rough. Really.
Though in general it all makes enormous sense to me, I don't feel the benefits strongly enough to be decisive with this.
There are enough wonderful fruits and vegetables in Thailand that for someone who does know that it's the way to go, boy, this is the good life. A good durian here isn't hard to find at all. I know pretty well what to do in this arena. And papayas, bananas, as well as other tropical fruits. Great vegetables at fresh markets. I have plenty of experience here. So much fun chatting it up with the vendors. Green coconuts. Freshly pressed coconut milk, drank seconds after being pressed.
Never mind the humidity. The weather is great. Palm trees, coconut trees, banana trees, lush green rice paddies patiently become radiant gold. Walk this scenery. Sleep in temples every day. Walk with the bare minimum. Not too little, not too much. Just right. For months and months. I know the language plenty well. I know people all over the country. Trust that the universe will provide what's really necessary.
---:)Troy.
Brand new here but have been toying with raw / living food since about 1995.
I live in Thailand. I will take a walking tour of the country this year starting in March sometime. Many months. Most or all of 2006 and possibly into 2007. A friend has invited me to walk to China and Tibet. I would not say no. If you or anyone you know might be interested in joining me at least part of the way, please let me know.
I am a Buddhist but I am open and interested in any spiritual / agnostic / atheist path. Buddhism happens to make loads of sense to me. Having said that, in the area of food especially, I'm not reaping the benefits of my raw food / Buddhist practice and I see pretty clearly why. I don't know the deeper more profound reasons however, but I'll tell more about that if anyone's interested. So, if you or anyone you know of may be interested in taking a long or short walk around Thailand, let me know. I've created a blog where I explained more. http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=21268954
I lived in the SF Bay Area about half my life. I'm 41 now. I've lived in Asia about 15 years. Thailand about 7 years.
In Burlingame Calif I worked at Earthbeam Natural Foods. In 1995 a customer introduced me to the idea of raw foods. I instantly took to the idea and tried it right away. But I had no idea of how to do it. I have a strong feeling I've screwed myself up pretty badly in the intervening years. On the way toward health but see that I'm not interested enough in being healthy to really go for it. This is really rough. Really.
Though in general it all makes enormous sense to me, I don't feel the benefits strongly enough to be decisive with this.
There are enough wonderful fruits and vegetables in Thailand that for someone who does know that it's the way to go, boy, this is the good life. A good durian here isn't hard to find at all. I know pretty well what to do in this arena. And papayas, bananas, as well as other tropical fruits. Great vegetables at fresh markets. I have plenty of experience here. So much fun chatting it up with the vendors. Green coconuts. Freshly pressed coconut milk, drank seconds after being pressed.
Never mind the humidity. The weather is great. Palm trees, coconut trees, banana trees, lush green rice paddies patiently become radiant gold. Walk this scenery. Sleep in temples every day. Walk with the bare minimum. Not too little, not too much. Just right. For months and months. I know the language plenty well. I know people all over the country. Trust that the universe will provide what's really necessary.
---:)Troy.