if you read this blog regularly you'll already know this, but just in case...
when a person embraces a raw lifestyle or embarks upon a 3-month juicefeast, there are bound to be changes. yes, they'll lose weight. yes, they'll get healthier. yes, they'll cure some old ailments and improve the general state of their physical wellbeing. but they'll also see non-physical changes.
now, i've been where you are - at least in relation to raw foods/juicefeasting - in that i've been a standard, albeit vegetarian, eater for most of my life, so i know this causes eyebrows to raise. it's raised mine on multiple occasions. and even eating raw consistently for months at a time wasn't enough to shake off the disbelief when i read blogs or listened to podcasts of long-term raw foodists who claim an interconnectedness with the world, a spiritual awakening, a fundamental shift in their relationships with their environment and community. sounds far-fetched. but i'm starting to catch a glimpse of that on the juicefeast. i am also trying various other approaches to being more grounded, 'in the present' and i am open to feeling the glow others talk of. so, it's not just the food. or lack of it, right now.
so what's my current status? i have managed to get and stay, briefly, in a great place. but it needs more work to make it permanent. i felt kind of untethered. sort of like i could just float through everything - not like a ghost, but i didn't feel anchored to my past or pinning all my hopes on the future. i was just there, with what was going on around me. how crazy's that? it's very calming, i can tell you that. stress doesn't get to take over once you get rid of everything other than what's right in front of you. it was very cool. i enjoyed it. and chuffed i got there, even if briefly :)
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