RE: Personal responsibility (WAS: Mainaing Raw in Society) [s]

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Micki Nesbit [aroo2u] Thursday, May 12, 2005

8:00 AM [Raw Food] Mainaing Raw in Society

Unfortunately for me and probably the vast majority of people in most

societies, we have been conditioned to appreciate and savor food since it is

an intregal part of most importsnt events in our lives as well as it is used

to deal with a variety of emotions.

 

Food takes care of us/meets our needs on several levels - physical needs (to

maintain health and to help us meet special health challenges), emotional

needs, cultural/ethnic needs, religious needs, and interpersonal needs.

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Hi Micki and all,

 

I wonder whether you would consider a rather large paradigm shift? I agree

that we have been conditioned in many ways regarding the role of food in our

lives. But after that statement, we travel different roads.

 

Micki, your language, while seemingly innocuous on the surface, strikes me

as a strong expression of victimhood. I believe we have free choice in such

matters. Food is only " integral " as and how each of us chooses, and not one

bit more.

 

When you write " IT is used to deal with..., " I wonder whether you would be

willing instead to say something like, " I use food to deal with.... " In

other words, make a conscious choice to move yourself from victimhood to

full personal responsibility for your own well-being and for your own acts.

 

You write: " Food takes care of us.... " May I suggest that food sits on a

plate and does not one thing more. We take care of ourselves -- however well

or poorly at any given moment. Our hands pick up the food, our mouths chew

(hopefully and swallow it. These are among our own freely made choices,

in each and every moment.

 

I realize that, at first, such a paradigm shift may seem daunting. But let

us remember that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I

encourage you, and everyone else whose present perceptions may be reflected

in your words above, to undertake that journey, one step at a time.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

 

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Thank you, Elchanan, this was very helpful!

 

Valerie

 

" INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote:

 

I wonder whether you would consider a rather large paradigm shift? I agree

that we have been conditioned in many ways regarding the role of food in our

lives. But after that statement, we travel different roads.

 

 

.... I believe we have free choice in such

matters. Food is only " integral " as and how each of us chooses, and not one

bit more.

 

When you write " IT is used to deal with..., " I wonder whether you would be

willing instead to say something like, " I use food to deal with.... " In

other words, make a conscious choice to move yourself from victimhood to

full personal responsibility for your own well-being and for your own acts.

 

You write: " Food takes care of us.... " May I suggest that food sits on a

plate and does not one thing more. We take care of ourselves -- however well

or poorly at any given moment.

 

 

 

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