"Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you. . . but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything which kills your bodies, kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen, or rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also." The Essene Gospel of Peace - Book 1
The Path of Spirit
Changing to a healthy raw food diet is the most challenging yet rewarding path. . . I could ever have chosen to follow. I discovered the diet of raw, living foods when I visited Balta's raw community in the South of Spain in 2003. Since then I have been through some difficult times but always returned to the raw life as I intuitively feel it is my truth. After the clarity and lightness of living raw, if I do occasionally eat cooked, mucus forming foods, I am very soon aware of the pain it causes the blood vessels throughout my body. It is a wonder how our bodies manage to survive for as long as they do!
It is not easy to let go of all one's ideas about food, but if you find yourself suffering. . . why not consider that this suffering might be related to what you are eating, and try some new ideas? The raw way is one of living in pure health with much joy, harmony, truth and love for yourself and the universe which is within you. It is certainly an adventurous way of living and one of the biggest challenges one can choose here and now.
Changing Your Diet
A major lesson to learn on a raw diet is to be kind to yourself whatever you eat or do not eat. . .. Many books about the raw diet describe how it is better to go through a transition diet. Some of us give up before the benefits start showing and blame the raw diet for not being good, as all sorts of symptoms can appear as mind and body release toxins accumulated over years of abusive habits.
But what if you could make your life healthier and still eat chocolate and biscuits?. . . Raw chocolate truffles, raw biscuits and raw pizzas can actually be much more delicious than the cooked kinds! They may cost a little more to prepare but is anything too expensive if it will bring you health and more happiness in life? You can use tools available on the market to help make raw foods satisfy your cravings. Blenders, food processors and dehydrators will all help you prepare food during your transition diet.
I recommend reading lots of literature about the raw way of living. . . especially books of David Wolfe, and professor Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet System and Rational fasting. Such books can be a guide in your journey and you will not feel alone when times are more difficult and cravings for cooked foods are strong.
Living in a world of consumerism can hinder many people from taking the step to health. . .. But organic and seasonal foods and super foods such as spirulina, MSM powder and wheatgrass, can bring major improvements to your health. I have also come to understand that the simpler my diet is, meaning not combining many different foods, and the less I eat, the healthier and more alive I feel.
Raw Life and a Holy Medicine
Santo Daime, from the Brazilian rainforest, brought me on this path of raw living . . .. My raw lifestyle and the spiritual path of Santo Daime complement each other very well, both bringing more and more love, light and peace into my life. The teachings of Santo Daime are contained in many songs.
As singing is so important in Santo Daime, it is remarkable that since becoming raw. . . my voice has become much clearer, enabling me to sing the songs the daime has given me so much better. Songs I have received I have put together in the books The Green Life and The Little Book of Light in the Songs section of this site.
Sunseed Mana
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