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It's not about the what, but the how.
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- About Me:
- I'm a student in college, I've been playing tennis seriously since age 2, and I really love languages and systems of all kinds.
I think the purpose of my life relates to my love of truth. Not formal philosophy, but more treating every day like my own truth experiment, and spending lots of time each day jotting down notes in my journal as though I'm reporting on the trends that work and don't work in life.
Stuff I've found? MY truths (not necessarily yours):
Breath, relaxation, surrender, presence, water, and motion are more important than raw food, and yet raw food is already miraculous.
We are born enlightened, healthy, present, and if we stay out of the way for the remainder of life, we can avoid most issues.
Stimulating substances are typically out of alignment with those things which benefit us.
Depending on the moment, fully commit to action or fully commit to stillness; do not wade in between.
Trite as it sounds, the best things in life are free, and come with the experience: your pricelessly complex and infinitely wise body, your boundless capacity for understanding and growth, and Earth, which is the most beautiful, most creative, most philanthropic food and life factory conceivable.
The best languages, the deepest understanding, the most profound experiences, the moments we remember, are usually without words.
What you believe and how you feel will determine everything about your experience, and therefore everything starts with the physical. A study showed that 90% of all depressed people have some form of serious physical problem.
No single experience on Earth will complete you, there is always more to crave and pursue. So being content with what is is, paradoxically, the only way to be complete.
There is never a reason not to surrender, be present, relaxed, breathing, I don't care what the circumstances. Misery is born from context and mind. In each of the individual moments that, when added together, equal your life, everything is perfect. When your external life no longer affects your internal life, you're enlightened in that moment, in that space. My goal is to have unbroken consciousness in this space.
Thoughts indeed do become things, every time, no exceptions.
- How can the community best support you in your journey? (moral support, transition advice, fitness tips, etc)
- Don't be shy, please reach out, I am really interested in getting to know as many of you as possible.
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- Single
- Favorite Raw Food or Recipe?
- Raw lemonade, grapefruits, tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, melon. I feel clearest on water.
- Interests (outside of Raw Food):
- I LIVE TO SWEAT, so Bikram Yoga, swimming, running, lifting, rock climbing, playing tennis. I also love languages; I speak Spanish and Chinese pretty fluently, and am a conversational Japanese speaker. Lately I've been getting into computer programming languages, which are pretty cool as well.
I love learning and plan to be a student for life.
More spiritual interests include:
FInding a balance between learning with unlearning. Not letting anything get past my consciousness without my full awareness (hard one!). Doing one thing at a time. Removing all structures and constructs within my life because they are all so fleeting and restrictive.
- Favorite Books or Authors:
- Dao De Jing, Conversations With God, The Lazy Way to Success, Eckhart Tolle, Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, Bruce Lipton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Buckminster Fuller, Luigi Cornaro
- Favorite Quote:
- "To be frugal means to have a high joy-to-stuff ratio." - Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin; "So the poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low and plain that the common influences shall delight him. His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sunlight, the air should suffice for his inspiration, and he should be tipsy with water." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This is great information! Now, if I can only get my grandmother to eat raw parsley. Next round of shopping I'll have to grab some.
get into an appreciative grateful for life space and treat yourself to a big slice of life
Well, I never wasted away and actually feel that some of my deficiencies from poor digestion are turning around. But while I am getting the calories and nutrients I need, I sure do need to eat a lot! I often think of animals, like goats or rabbits...
New Zealand is just more environmentally conscientious than most places. I guess being an island is part of the reason. I loved NZ when I visited.
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Mr Monarch has TWO important questions for Victoria... Are you 100% Raw and if so, why do you carry extra weight?
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People eat apricot kernels? What the hell.
Many people out there are becoming vegans, raw foodists, and vegetarians under the guise that it is healthier for them. Is it really healthier to being vegan though and are vegans/vegetarians being thrown the ookie doke by large commercial interes...
You could make an avocado chocolate (or carob) mousse but sweeten it with stevia, so you'll only be getting the fat and not the sugar.
Or you could make a green smoothie (or a regular, non-fat smoothie) and freeze it into sorbet:-)
Thanks! :)
Cool! :) Yeah we had a nasty pile of compost, I'd work it into the soil with my dad when he planted the veggies
LOL! Oh yeah the CA police! Making sure Columbia doesn't get too funky!
Wow thats really interesting. Do you find it hard to get enough calories in?
thanks you:) i will do this.
and no never tried a persimmon. i wonder if i can get them where i live.
Have you tried hicheya Persimmons?
Be sure they are super-mushy ripe.
Just cut the top off and spoon out the lusciousness.
Too, banana icecream with frozen bananas , maybe a lil agave nektar and a nice caremelly sauce made by blending dates and w...
The diet is mostly cultured, raw veggies and non-starchy veggies. The remaining 20% consists of either a protein or a starch (but never eaten together).
It's strict in many ways. The goal of the diet is to not feed yeast in the colon, and to heal...
For those with a passion for yoga and the raw food lifestyle
looking good, brotha Chris
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ps i just started doing bikram, how long have you been doing that?
keep being awesome Spence.xo
hugs Neet xx
I eat only when i need food,have earned it and feel that true hunger feeling,i still have slip ups,but over all much better.it seems easier to achieve now im not eating high fruit,do you find that too?
it feels so good to go hours between meals now,it feels like my body isnt constantly digesting..still have to get my smoothie combos right though for ultimate performance,especially when im cycling...
love to hear your positive progress thanks for sharing x
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I like your dietary concepts,right now im moderate fat intake,lower fruit and heaps of greens and vegs and unsweet fruits,it feels good..
ahh,you must be mates with Jericho sunfire?he is one cool dude.good for you,i think its so important to have personal aspirations that we are super passionate about..
thank you for your encouraging message...i dunno,the more i train i just burn up my fuel so fast,even tho eating this way im not as voracious as i use to be,when it comes to food..just trying to find the right balance...
:)
yes please any input you may have or personal experience with going lower fruit,am all ears xo
ahhhh,interesting isnt it,this journey to more fat and lower fruits...for sure lets share tips,i have a blog going on,if you wanna have a look...
What sort of fitness are you in to?
xo
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