The path of cleansing
the body and being healthy is not necessarily an easy one. It requires
self discipline and courage. It will require you to completely change
the way you look at yourself and unlearn all those bad habits that
have been ingrained in you since childhood. The path is also somewhat
against the social trend of self abuse through miss-eating and ignorance.
On the positive
side, it is becoming popular, or well accepted, to be a healthy vegetarian person
these days, as more and more people shy away from the mainstream medicine
and ways. The rewards of this path are also great as you will start
to enjoy excellent health and less suffering in the physical body
and mind.
Everything
that we do in this world has a cost, the Hindus and Buddhists call
it karma. For every action there is a reaction. Eating meat for example
has the karma of killing attached to it. If people didn't go to the
butcher and buy meat, people wouldn't kill animals for food, there
would be no demand.
When
the animals are killed, they suffer, there is no denying this, and
there is fear in their eyes and pain in their screams and bellows.
That fear and pain is ingrained in the meat which people consume and
inevitability comes out through their body as sickness and suffering.
To explain it in a scientific way we could say that the fear creates
toxin in the meat and this can cause disease in humans, this has been
proven by science already.
Food
is also not only used by humans as nourishment for the body, but also
used for pleasure, relief from boredom, or escape from disturbing
emotions or situations. This in itself can also create problems for
the body, as it is abused in the process of gluttony.
The
bowel is well known in the “alternative healing” circles
to be the hub of emotions in the body. Hence a lot of emotions are
contained in the mucoid
plaque and toxins in the bowel. It is not only our brain that
stores memory but every cell in the body. The toxic cells also house
toxic memories and thoughts. When a person takes action and prompts
the body to cleanse itself of this toxic physical matter, the negative
emotions and thoughts are also released. The mind, emotions and
body are all intricately tied together, with one mimicking the other.
Hence the act of physical cleansing is also an act of emotional
cleansing, with greater levels of happiness and bliss
as its reward. Choosing to suffer a little now will most likely
save you a lot of suffering in the future, as the cause of future
disease is eradicated completely.
I wish you
all the best of luck should you choose to take this path.
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Handy Tips
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The best time to
eat is when you are hungry. If you're not hungry, don't eat. Try
it.
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Drink lots of pure water
(not tap water)
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When steaming vegetables
or salad greens (such as the weeds from the park or your garden),
steam the tough ones for longer than the delicate ones. Older
Dandelion leaves for example are a bit tough and need a few minutes
in the steamer, young Milk Thistle leaves on the other hand are
good after less than a minute, while the leaves are still bright
green but have gone limp. Once the colour turns a more dull green,
a lot more nutrition is lost.
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Practise some kind
of meditation or relaxation
each day, make it a habit. If your interested in Yoga
you can get lots of information at yoga.org.nz
- Exercise each day, I recommend the Five
Tibetan Rites
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Practise love,
both on yourself and others. Try to avoid the negative side of
others and yourself. Life will get better.
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If you feel emotional
or sad, DO NOT EAT. Go for a walk, listen to some music or go
meditate if that's what you do.
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Dry skin brush everyday.
The skin is the body's second largest eliminatory organ. The brushing
will remove dead skin cells better than soap and it will also
make you feel invigorated. Buy the brush at a health food shop.
