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Check out our blog! http://RawFoodGrrl.blogspot.com In a message dated 9/13/07 7:46:03 AM, turim writes: > JRELLIS > Hi!! > How are ya?? > In many years as a herbalist i have met alot of people > Feeling good about the food you eat is important. > No guilt. > Each person is different. > In my journeys i have met breathtarians. fruitarians. raw foodists. > macrobitics. vegetarians. meat eaters > I read a article about a person who used to manufacture L.S.D > He lived on...... RAW MEAT n POTATOES {believe it or not!! > Feeling at peace with your self!! > These words are from walkin that walk {life experience > How are you mentally ? > Do you have physical strength? > > BE WELL!!! > ps feel free to pick our brains > > rainer. susan. kim > www,pennysherbco.com > On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:05 AM, rahtymz wrote: > > > maybe i don't really have a grip on the pulse of mankind at all. i > > certainly feel out of touch. i always felt like a stranger in a > > strange land. i don't know when or how i was supposed to ever feel > > connected to people, but i seem to be drifting every moment. i have > > tried to meet other raw fooders, and that became a problem for me, > > because i spent less time trying to make friends that weren't raw. the > > problem is that, i think that people who eat cooked food are very sad. > > it is a meager pathetic slave existence. while they look happy, > > sometimes; and healthy, sometimes; i don't believe it. > > > > i once knew an all raw girl around 30 years old. we went on a few > > dates. i asked her how she was able to do it, since i was not able to > > stay all raw, and she was. she said, " i just can't eat cooked food. " > > she meant that it wasn't really a choice she wanted to make, she just > > couldn't eat cooked food. i feel that way too. but if i could shoot > > heroin, then i could force myself to eat cooked food too. i went > > through so many years of very bad belly cramps and pain, without > > learning about diet as the main cause. i treated myself like a bad > > dog. i keep trying to figure out what i did wrong. did i want > > something for nothing? was i scared and sick? am i stupid? am i a > > cruel person? why do i deserve this? i have done to my body and life, > > what bush and cheney have done to this country. how can i judge the > > american people, when i am the stupidest of all. > > > > i walk down the street and see many people. they are eating cooked > > food. they have priorities and needs. they have families, jobs, and > > they eat food too. the food is not the most important thing in their > > lives. they all say they should eat better, and they all believe > > doctors can help them heal. they are all wrong. how is it possible > > that they are all wrong. it is not conceivable that they are all wrong > > and i am right. i must be psychotic. i see things that no one else > > sees. i point to them, i say, " see?, do you see it? look there! do you > > see it? " they all say no. sometimes i can see that they aren't > > looking. they think i am the absurd one. i must be crazy. i see that > > they are all dying from the constant daily intake of dead food. it has > > been a non-stop form of punishment from which they are never healed. > > it gets worse and worse until they die from it. meanwhile, they live > > their life in a fog, their minds clouded with the pain of denial. they > > live in a fog because their energy level is so low, they can't even > > get to epiphany without psychedelic drugs. they seem as mindless > > drones. they act selfish because they are in pain. they are cruel > > because they live in desperation with ugly egos that are just as sick > > and malnourished. > > > > the solution is cooperation and raw food. but maybe i am wrong. maybe > > that is only my solution for me. maybe its best for everyone if i > > wasn't even here. maybe that is not even the solution for me. i > > question my perceptions, because i question their perceptions. it is > > not reasonable to assume my perceptions are right, just because > > everyone else's is wrong. maybe we are all wrong. i just call them > > like i see them. and what i see, is that everyone is wrong. i have met > > a few raw fooders in my life, and most of the time, they are crazier > > than i. of course that doesn't mean that eating raw food is a mistake. > > i think it means that eating cooked food helps you fit into society. > > thats why i call it slave food. i believe that our culture has adapted > > such that, in order to become aware of the problems with burning our > > food, you must first become alienated enough to consider that everyone > > else is wrong. maybe that thought is so lonely, it leaves no > > survivors. > > > > for so many years, the idea of meeting another raw fooder was > > exciting; awe-inspiring. but maybe i should give up too. maybe by the > > time you have become a raw fooder, you have given up on belonging to a > > tribe. you must become so cold and barricaded, or maybe thats just me. > > i think i tried to meet other people. maybe i was self-defeating the > > whole time. i want to blame it on my parents. how can they be as > > stupid as everyone else. and i thought they were gods. i thought they > > would protect me. i thought they would teach me. and i died for that > > stupid cocky attitude. > > > > i say, how can i be right and everyone else be wrong. that would make > > me a genius. and i am certainly not a genius. if i was smarter than > > everyone else, i wouldn't be in this situation. i would not have > > misjudged all their responses. rawtimes would have caught on. people > > would be asking me for help. people would want me around. all i have > > to do is see the facts of my life to realize that i am not special in > > a good way. i must be delusional. on the other hand, i don't believe > > that. i still see what i see. after this water fast, i will start > > epiphany21. i will count the days, to see how arbitrary 21 days is. i > > say 21 days, because it is a number like: 3 minutes without oxygen , 3 > > days without water, 3 weeks without food. i know that many people have > > claimed to fast for 40 days, but i think it more likely that many > > would die after three weeks. in this case, three weeks without cooked > > food is what i have noticed in my life as a plausible and tested > > hypothesis. i will test it again now. > > > > how can i be right and everyone else be wrong. i consider that maybe > > raw food is best for me and not for them. but i don't see that. i > > don't really believe that everyone is that different. i believe my > > mind is different, but not my chemistry. i wish i could say something > > new, instead of repeating the same thing. i am in awe. all the time, > > everyday. i can't believe what i see. not only are people eating slave > > poison every day and thinking its normal, they elect and support > > leaders who are so obviously a bunch of murderous greedy criminals, > > that not only are the people dying individually, but the whole country > > is dying right before our eyes. the money being transferred from > > american debt to arab banks [by our vice-president] is so enormous, > > that it is overwhelming for me; that everyone just doesn't say no. i > > hope i am wrong. i hope they can put me in a hospital, because the > > americans are really good people. yes, i hope they can put me in a > > hospital because i am crazy. and the doctors are really good people > > who know what they are doing. and in the hospital they can cure me. so > > that when i get out, i will be able to eat cooked food again. and it > > won't make me sick. and i can follow the government guidelines to know > > how many calories and carbs to eat every day. and how i should combine > > proteins. and i will work hard so that i can buy organic food > > certified by the state. and i will be happy and pay my taxes. and take > > medication to keep on being normal. yes. that is what i need. i need > > medical care. i must be crazy. > > > > given the possibility that i am right and everyone else is wrong; it > > is more probable that this is not even real, and i am not even on > > earth. this is a dream, or should i say, a recurring nightmare. a > > flash forward, ala jacobs ladder; as bizarre as cow eggs. > > > > who else, > > jrellis, of course > > the one and only > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 rawfood , vegwriter wrote: > How have you been? > i hazily remember riding uptown with you after a group party at a new raw restaurant on a corner in tribeca, which didn't last too long. If so; I have gained and lost 120 pounds since then, which pretty much says it all. how have you been? > > Please write me at vegwriter >as I would like to be in touch with you! i haven't had much practice with . i don't see your address, the domain name is elipsised. i suspect that the web page the link sends me to, will eventually be approved and decoded and will pass it on to you, but so far, i don't really know what it does. maybe there is some faq for all of that i should read. meanwhile, you can always get a current email address for me by going to the contact link on the rawtimes web page. love jrellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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