Less is More-Natural Hygiene....wascipes are GOOD! Bored with raw

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I sense some fear about eating simply and living life simply. It is a

process of healing and transformation to move from SAD (Standard

American Diet), to SAD vegetarian, to SAD vegan, to raw vegan, to

80/10/10. A person who is in the middle of a transformation will see,

taste, smell, and feel through a different lens as he/she moves from

phase to phase of that transformation. There is no reason to feel

guilty about anything, though I often wish I lived my first four

decades of life with an accurate knowledge about health, and a deeper

respect for all living things. Most of the information about Natural

Hygiene has been around since before my birth, afterall.

 

I find that a Natural Hygiene approach to eating has reconnected me to

food. It is pleasurable to eat juicy, sweet, mangoes, watermelons,

cantaloupes, figs, dates, etc. And, it's nice to have soooo much

compost to give back to the earth, less packaging to recycle, less

cookware and dishes to wash, etc. It leaves more time for fun things!

Less really is more.

 

And, I'm sure there are many people practicing NH who have given up

their car, among many other things. For now, I'm driving a car I

inherited after my sweet mother died a wretched death. I'm hoping to

own a Prius or other hybrid. Time will tell.

 

Janet

 

rawfood , " Erica " <schoolofrawk wrote:

 

 

rawfood , neal <kneel.pardoe@> wrote:

 

On Tuesday 10 July 2007 23:14, Jen V wrote:

But what Elchanan and others, I believe, are saying, is that you are

compromising something by eating them. So long as your focus is on

food and not on true health, then you are still sort of a prisoner to

food, so what?

 

what business is it of yours or theirs?

 

as Byron Katie would say " that's not your business " .

 

neal.

 

 

byron katie does good work! <gong!> It is simply untrue, once again,

and only NH propaganda, that all raw vegans who enjoy some gourmet raw

meals have eating disorders. That is an assumption of no merit,

sorry, and surely insulting to many.

Food is fuel but it is also so much more. It is nourishment! Like

sex, it has a function, but it is joyful! I don't hear a lot of JOY

emanating from some of these NH posts. There is nothing wrong with

enjoying your nourishing health food. Does everyone here know that?

I'm not sure. Animals ENJOY their food. It is more than just

calories and nutrients to them. :-)

 

Interesting thought: under similar logic as the original post it could

be argued that Natural Hygiene philosophy encourages such an emotional

disconnect from food as nourishment that other aspects of the person's

socialization suffers. So, which is worse? We live in a

civilization, not a jungle. Some criticize us for using a juicer, but

then they hop in their car, etc.

 

We are not chimps. Most hygienists I know argue against supplements

as unnatural but never consider that animals in the jungle do not deal

with the levels of pollution we are hit with daily, even riding behind

a semi, or the nutrient depletion caused by stress, etc. So many

different factors!