Is it "worth it" overall to be raw?

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Permalink Reply by Persephone on May 10, 2009 at 5:40pm

We certainly do dig it.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 10, 2009 at 5:14pm

will do

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Permalink Reply by Dimond on May 11, 2009 at 10:33am

It's been extremely simple for me to be raw and I have no interest or desire for other food. There's too much delicious raw food that I have enough of a time not bingeing on raw without worrying about unhealthy food. You need to have plenty of raw options to make it work so you never feel deprived.

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Permalink Reply by Sistina on May 11, 2009 at 10:43am

Using my Ex-calibur dehydrator is my ticket to eating raw. I know a lot of purists are down on that. Technicality. If it wasn't for that tool, I know what I'd be up to!

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Permalink Reply by uberPia on May 11, 2009 at 11:33am

I AM A NON-CATEGORICAL EATER.
One thing I am thankful to be aware of is the difference between desiring to do something for a spiritual, deeper reason, to become a better receptor for the divinity of waves and electromagnetic frequencies that abound, and doing something that serves and perpetuates the ego on an obviously more superficial existence cloaked in self-righteousness.
I believe we all are pursuing raw food in whatever cycles and quantities, durations and trials on our individual paths out of pursuit of a higher resonance and that's why we follow this bliss or continue to seek it from our various personal stages and transitions. I wish to comment though, on a personal level, when I was an adolescent and first went vegan, I was simultaneously exploring and over indulging in philosophies of the East and therefore developed a perspective on the dualism of an ego that tries to identify itself from the 'other' which in this case could be SAD eaters, or our own demonized selves of sad eaters. It is important not to enhance the ego's attempt at identity and definition through the wording and trappings of what are otherwise potentially spiritually profound decisions. I didn't want to strengthen my ego by becoming so self categorical and labelled in any habitual patterns including eating. So when people would ask if I was a vegetarian or a vegan or want to engage, often negatively, in the typical dialogue of the uninformed, I simply respond that I am a non categorical eater and eat what I please, if someone continues to inquire I might divulge that as such I haven't eaten meat in 12 years, or I typically don't eat cooked food, but I've never felt that I need to justify my position to anyone, and most importantly, not to myself.
It's crucial not to self-categorize and I believe this may help also in the mental and emotional afflictions that have been mentioned in this thread; how much of the content of mental struggle and negative patterns pertain to labelling and it's interaction with the ego? Is it struggling to be something or not be something instead of just being? Are a portion of our raw struggles along this wondrous path really conflicts of internal dualism as we exorcise past or flawed 'selves'?
Don't limit yourselves. In a world in which we are asked to continually define ourselves in profile worthy, avatar accompanying, 140 clever characters, breathe deeply and remember that we are a multitude of complexity and simplicity in unison. If you are alive with Presence, you are not a raw foodist because that engages a history and a future, you are simply a person who is interacting, in the now, with lively food, with higher energy. Why try to encapsulate that in personal declaritive statements. Just be. Remember that this moment, this now is absolutely ideal and for whatever tribulations, confusion, or joy you are feeling, or food you are eating, it is truly the lesson you need to be experiencing right now and is therefore perfect in its Presence, so be with it, and be light, in all forms of the word.
xx

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Permalink Reply by Abhi - ThisVeryMoment on September 14, 2009 at 1:34am

So many people using Ayurveda as a reference. Where's everyone gone now?

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Permalink Reply by C. B. Alien Worshipper on September 14, 2009 at 1:47am

Rumors says they are trapped in this house,

kidnapped by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on September 14, 2009 at 1:59am

Do what you want, nobody is forcing you to eat raw.

It's worth it to me.

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Permalink Reply by Abhi - ThisVeryMoment on September 14, 2009 at 2:16am

Dogma is for those that not aware :)

No one can force anyone. Most peoples own dogma & fear become their undoing. :)

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Permalink Reply by C. B. Alien Worshipper on September 14, 2009 at 2:56am

Abhi did you know Dog is God spelled backwards?!!

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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on September 14, 2009 at 3:03am

Godma, good one..

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Permalink Reply by Abhi - ThisVeryMoment on September 14, 2009 at 6:06am

Elementary my dear Watson ;)

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