rawpriestess
02-15-2006, 02:50 AM
10 years ago, I changed my life.
One day I was a meat eater, and the next day I was a vegetarian, there was no struggle, no thinking, no books that I read, no classes I took, no people I talked to, no groups I went to, no pot lucks, no stress, no mess, no fuss.
I was meditating, I had a vision, I knew I would never eat meat or animal products again. Plain and simple.
It hasn't been that way with raw, Oh, I've had epiphanies, I've had insights, I've had belief changes, I've had thought processes, I've been raw for 4 months at a time, and I've grown my own food, eaten only organic, taught the classes, taken the Gourmet Chef courses, I've done it all.
I walked the raw walk, and talked the raw talk.
I've definitely been there.
I've been the obsessed convert.
But, and that is a really BIG BUT--- I'm not 100% raw all the time, every day.
For what purpose am I choosing NOT to be 100% raw all the time, every day?
What a great question.
Because I am not ready.
How do I become ready?
By allowing it to be exactly what it is.
Hummm, sounds too easy.
It is, what we eat is NOT who we are, it is NOT our life, although it may be our lifestyle, but what we eat is a choice, we may make that choice every day, or every minute, but it is a choice.
Even if we believe that we are addicted to some foods, and I do believe that I am addicted to wheat and dairy, it still is a choice.
We control our own hands, and our pocket books, we can eat cooked or raw, or organic or not.
All of it is a choice, IF IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO US, we can make the choices to be raw.
That is the choice.
When I went vegetarian, I knew in my heart that I would NEVER eat meat again, but that was fine with me, I had a freezer full of meat, and I gave it away. It didn't even occur to me to be upset about all the money I had spent on it, because I wasn't depriving myself of something that I could see value in.
When ever we do something, we make a conscious choice to do it, or to not do something else, we make an emotional choice usually our choices can be based on logic, but are almost always based on emotions.
We do what we feel is the right thing to do, or the best thing to do, or what will work for us. Yes, we have been programmed from childhood to do certain things, like sleep inside, eat with a fork, brush our hair, none of these things are natural to us as humans.
We have societal and cultural beliefs, we have familial programming, we have TV and newspapers, teachers, and freinds, who have all helped to program us into believing a certain way.
Take the Fijian fisherman, and the person on Wall Street, they probably have different values in life, and they live differently, each one has a different belief in what makes them happy and fulfilled, neither is wrong, they are just different.
And I believe that what makes one person happy, may not make everyone happy.
Raw food is the natural way for humans to eat, and when we eat natural foods, we are not overeating to push down our emotions, we are not allowing the addictive behaviors to be more important that the food, we aren't keeping the cork on our emotions.
And then our emotions come to the surface, and we can choose to deal with them, or not, when we don't wish to deal with them, then we will do something to make them go away, like eating cooked food, then we can push down the emotions with "bad" food, and we can feel really guilty and terrible that we've eaten the forgidden food, and we can talk about it, and be all upset with ourselves, and go on and on about it. I know I've done that, may times.
But the most important thing that any one can do is to keep going, to not give up, to start that next moment, or day, or week or month, or evern year by eating what we know is good for us.
when I was young, I used to think if I could stop eating all together, that I could get thin, because I could go all day without eating, and I wouldn't get hungry until I ate a bite of food, so I would starve all day, sometimes more than one day, and then finally eat something, it never worked, the minute I ate something, I couldn't stop, and it had nothing to do with being hungry for food, I was hungry for anything, to keep down my emotions, my anger, my fears, my guilt, my sadness.
Now, I've been doing alot of internal emotional work, I've accepted that all emotions have a worthiwhile purpose, that no emotions is bad or wrong, it's really oaky to bet angry, it's okay to feel fear, it's okay to be happy, and elated, it's even okay to be madly in love with myself, to see my own inner light, and beauty.
While I am allowing myself to see my inner light and beauty, I can actually see that the food I eat is more important than just fuel for my body, although it maybe wasn't designed for that purpose.
Im my family, we didn't have enough food to eat, i can remember going to bed crying because we were too poor to have much dinner.
So having enough food to eat means alot more to me than simply feeding my body, it means being wealthy, being safe, being secure, being emotionally fed, being happy, being warm, being though of as good enough, being worthy, being accepted, being one of the many, being like every one else, being normal, being fulfilled, being full, being satisfied, being whole.
I know many of you may not be able to relate to this, that's okay, I can't always relate to peole who allow their spouses to abuse them emotionally, or people who have children telling them how to live their lives, and what to eat and do in their own home.
But, each person is different, we all have different needs and wants, and yet our bodies will work so much better on raw foods, if we just give it a chance.
So, although I am not any where near perfect at being 100% raw all the time, every day, I will strive to allow myself to make the best choices of raw, ripe, fresh and organic fruits veggies and nuts whenever I can.
Raw is the best way to eat on our planet, and the only way I choose to live.
many blessings,
Raw priestess
One day I was a meat eater, and the next day I was a vegetarian, there was no struggle, no thinking, no books that I read, no classes I took, no people I talked to, no groups I went to, no pot lucks, no stress, no mess, no fuss.
I was meditating, I had a vision, I knew I would never eat meat or animal products again. Plain and simple.
It hasn't been that way with raw, Oh, I've had epiphanies, I've had insights, I've had belief changes, I've had thought processes, I've been raw for 4 months at a time, and I've grown my own food, eaten only organic, taught the classes, taken the Gourmet Chef courses, I've done it all.
I walked the raw walk, and talked the raw talk.
I've definitely been there.
I've been the obsessed convert.
But, and that is a really BIG BUT--- I'm not 100% raw all the time, every day.
For what purpose am I choosing NOT to be 100% raw all the time, every day?
What a great question.
Because I am not ready.
How do I become ready?
By allowing it to be exactly what it is.
Hummm, sounds too easy.
It is, what we eat is NOT who we are, it is NOT our life, although it may be our lifestyle, but what we eat is a choice, we may make that choice every day, or every minute, but it is a choice.
Even if we believe that we are addicted to some foods, and I do believe that I am addicted to wheat and dairy, it still is a choice.
We control our own hands, and our pocket books, we can eat cooked or raw, or organic or not.
All of it is a choice, IF IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO US, we can make the choices to be raw.
That is the choice.
When I went vegetarian, I knew in my heart that I would NEVER eat meat again, but that was fine with me, I had a freezer full of meat, and I gave it away. It didn't even occur to me to be upset about all the money I had spent on it, because I wasn't depriving myself of something that I could see value in.
When ever we do something, we make a conscious choice to do it, or to not do something else, we make an emotional choice usually our choices can be based on logic, but are almost always based on emotions.
We do what we feel is the right thing to do, or the best thing to do, or what will work for us. Yes, we have been programmed from childhood to do certain things, like sleep inside, eat with a fork, brush our hair, none of these things are natural to us as humans.
We have societal and cultural beliefs, we have familial programming, we have TV and newspapers, teachers, and freinds, who have all helped to program us into believing a certain way.
Take the Fijian fisherman, and the person on Wall Street, they probably have different values in life, and they live differently, each one has a different belief in what makes them happy and fulfilled, neither is wrong, they are just different.
And I believe that what makes one person happy, may not make everyone happy.
Raw food is the natural way for humans to eat, and when we eat natural foods, we are not overeating to push down our emotions, we are not allowing the addictive behaviors to be more important that the food, we aren't keeping the cork on our emotions.
And then our emotions come to the surface, and we can choose to deal with them, or not, when we don't wish to deal with them, then we will do something to make them go away, like eating cooked food, then we can push down the emotions with "bad" food, and we can feel really guilty and terrible that we've eaten the forgidden food, and we can talk about it, and be all upset with ourselves, and go on and on about it. I know I've done that, may times.
But the most important thing that any one can do is to keep going, to not give up, to start that next moment, or day, or week or month, or evern year by eating what we know is good for us.
when I was young, I used to think if I could stop eating all together, that I could get thin, because I could go all day without eating, and I wouldn't get hungry until I ate a bite of food, so I would starve all day, sometimes more than one day, and then finally eat something, it never worked, the minute I ate something, I couldn't stop, and it had nothing to do with being hungry for food, I was hungry for anything, to keep down my emotions, my anger, my fears, my guilt, my sadness.
Now, I've been doing alot of internal emotional work, I've accepted that all emotions have a worthiwhile purpose, that no emotions is bad or wrong, it's really oaky to bet angry, it's okay to feel fear, it's okay to be happy, and elated, it's even okay to be madly in love with myself, to see my own inner light, and beauty.
While I am allowing myself to see my inner light and beauty, I can actually see that the food I eat is more important than just fuel for my body, although it maybe wasn't designed for that purpose.
Im my family, we didn't have enough food to eat, i can remember going to bed crying because we were too poor to have much dinner.
So having enough food to eat means alot more to me than simply feeding my body, it means being wealthy, being safe, being secure, being emotionally fed, being happy, being warm, being though of as good enough, being worthy, being accepted, being one of the many, being like every one else, being normal, being fulfilled, being full, being satisfied, being whole.
I know many of you may not be able to relate to this, that's okay, I can't always relate to peole who allow their spouses to abuse them emotionally, or people who have children telling them how to live their lives, and what to eat and do in their own home.
But, each person is different, we all have different needs and wants, and yet our bodies will work so much better on raw foods, if we just give it a chance.
So, although I am not any where near perfect at being 100% raw all the time, every day, I will strive to allow myself to make the best choices of raw, ripe, fresh and organic fruits veggies and nuts whenever I can.
Raw is the best way to eat on our planet, and the only way I choose to live.
many blessings,
Raw priestess