Raw Foods & THE MATRIX (for everyone) & Bobo

April 26, 2005

rawfood , " korangeli " <korangeli> wrote:

>

> Kay C here..

>

> I am observing all the conflicting attitudes and opinions

concerning

> different styles of eating, different foods etc The message I am

> receiving is that " our " raw-lifestyle " world " is none different

from

> the conflicting opinions and ideas " out there " .

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Hi Kay..

interesting post...I enjoyed most of it, and found the rest

interesting.

some of what I see going on is very much like the Blind Men and the

Elephant story - a lot of it depends upon perspective: which part of

the elephant has the blind man gotten a hold of?

for instance,

>

> There is the garlic thing,

> The buckwheat drama,

> The Banana dilemma,

> The seaweed scenario,

> ... One gets the picture? ..

I look at all of the above, and use my WWBD? saying...(no offense to

any religious out there..) which stands for What Would Bobo Do? with

Bobo being my imaginary primate friend, who uses his senses to help

sort out whether or not something is a good food for him.

for the garlic - doesn't look all that appealing, doesn't smell too

good (and Bobo would probably stop by now,), and one small taste

would tell him that it's not a good food for him..

for the buckwheat drama - Bobo doesn't know anything about the

science and the studies..how does it look? if it's the hard

grain/seed , probably not interested; if it's the " sprouted " seed,

looks interesting, smells ok...and tastes, well just ok...probably

wouldn't eat much of it (and yes, I've sprouted, grown and eaten and

juiced Buckwheat..even attended the original HHI in Boston...spend a

day there, read many of Dr. Ann Wigmore's, Victor Kulvinksas' books,

etc..etc..Bobo has not...) it's green, it's got chlorophyll, etc...

taste is only so so...

now, let's do the banana with Bobo -- looks interesting...seems to

have a handle on top....ok...smells ok...smells much better once he

pulls on the handle, and opens the banana...and it

tastes...hmm..GREAT..! so Bobo eats some of the bananas, sees how

they agree with him, and then eats some more, and then makes it a

staple of his diet..I'm with Bobo so far...

The seaweed scenario - hmm...let's see as they are floating in the

ocean/body of water...looks: not great..taste: hmm...very

salty...Bobo probably stops; if he runs across it " dry " - looks: poor;

smell - poor...he stops...no need to go further...

For me, Bobo is a good " grounding " base - not complicated, based in

Nature, species close enough to our own that I feel comfortable using

it/him as a model, and it has yet to lead me astray. Notably, this

is a very recent base for me...and yes, I'm studying Natural Hygiene

and Life Science, as espoused by T.C. Fry, H.M. Shelton and others,

*and* I'm grounding with Bobo.

I don't see all the threads as so much " conflicting " as just

different perspectives, with which I'm perfectly ok. It creates no

conflict for me, just like observing the weather: some days it's

sunny, others cloudy, and others stormy, and it's always " weather " .

Just like this group is what it is. Like, when it's 70F outside, is

that hot/ medium or cold? it's none of those actually, it's just

70F.

> I have a fascination and passion for studying Metaphysics;

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I enjoyed the movie " What the Bleep do you Know? " , and some

subsequent readings.

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I am deeply saddened by all the obsession

> and hype created around food - Most of all my own. It takes all the

> joy out of eating.

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disagree for me - I am not at all saddened by the _____ around food...

I found many of the thoughts very interesting, thought-provoking, and

then Bobo and I go out and sort some of them out. We've (Bobo and I,

lol!) both grown very fond of ripe bananas through this group; dates

have become a staple for me through this group. I've learned lots

about, and experimented/ing, with various storage techniques for

each. I've learned about mangoes, and added those to my diet. I've

learned much about salt, and eliminated that from my diet (and yes, I

saw the recent posts about salt...didn't change my thoughts at all...)

I've started to meet, and know some " new " friends here. I very much

appreciate any of the " road guides " along the way. Those who've gone

down the path, and are willing to either cirlce back, or wait, and

offer some of their experiences along the way..(Elchanan, Laurie,

Froggy, Lu and others...)

I'm glad the group is here!

I've learned about hair washing, and completely eliminated shampoo

and conditioner, substituting a good scrub, occasional lemon juice,

and some lemon oil from the cloth about once a week: all working

great.

The group is a source of joy, and creates many senses of inspiration

for me.

> I could easily allow myself to become more confused and depressed

by

> participating in this group too frequently!

I hope you're not doing that; I encourage you to make a different

choice regarding the group, and to continue to notice what is going

on with you.

> I believe I know people in the street who are more at peace with

> eating a " regular " (mixed) diet than those of us to have analysed

> every food to the degree of creating a problem.

agree - Bobo doesn't know anything about " analysing every food to the

degree of creating a problem... " - he's got a very simple formula...

he uses it, it supplies him with all of his life's needs, and he

continues to swing from the trees enjoying life...(Bobo sometimes

asks me why I bother with Nutridiary? lol!...)

Are we any different

> to other institutions or schools of thought?

no, and yes.

no, from the perspective that we are a free-choice collection of

individuals, each with different ideas, experiences and backgrounds.

yes, in that *most* of the focus, as stated in the group's homepage

is pointed in a common direction, which leads to Health. We can only

achieve Health by Healthy living.

many other institutions/schools of thought, that are not

Rawfood,Natural Hygiene/Life Science-based, can almost never make

that claim: that it heads toward Health; that this is a path, a

journey, with a well-trodden, inspected, and evaluated path, that

does lead to somewhere grand. I'm excited to be on the Journey, and

glad that you're along.

all the best,

Bob

April 26, 2005

This post made me feel good--it also made me laugh! What a difference a

personality type can make! (Not making assumptions here, Bob, just noticing the

half-full-half-empty idea coming into play!) I could totally identify with Kay's

email, and your email, Bob, is my goal! My inner Eeyore is often to the

forefront, and I need to give my inner Tigger a little more play time....hope

this makes some sense....

Peace,

Valerie

Bob Farrell <rjf2 wrote: