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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Relax - Top 3 Ways

What's Up Earthlings!?

I'm really excited about posting this today because in the past, I've tried EVERYTHING to cut down on my stress and anxiety.

I've tried:


  • ALL the vitamins
  • ALL the techniques
But I finally got fed up and thought to myself...it's GOT to be easier than this! I thought... I shouldn't have to spend money to be stress-free. There's got to be a way to "bring me back" to the days when our minds were calm, free, and "whole".

I want to have control of my thoughts, I don't want my thoughts to control me! Actually, I NEED my thoughts to be organised...because I had a messy brain, and a messy life. I literally had THE most messy mind of anyone I knew...and I was only a teen! Something was not right.

When I went Raw...I suddenly felt "concious". I felt as though I knew the answer. But it may shcok you that Raw Foods alone in NOT the answer!

I felt concious of my body. I felt I knew how my body wanted to live. It did not want to live at such a hectic pace...at thye mercy of my brain. This hectic pace caused me to think uncontrollably about what I had to do next - what chore I had to accomplish.

Sure, with Raw Foods, my mind was sharper which allowed me to complete tasks faster... but I wasn't happy in the moment.

Now that I had the understanding that my body wants to be in a state of physical happiness (ie: No colds, No excess fat)...I thought to myself...why can't I apply that to my mental state?

That's when it dawned on me...I've got to be slower!

Now I know, even the thought of "being slower" makes some of you *cringe*.

But trust me, your body and mind want it. It's only our multi-tasking, fast paced Western society that's engrained the idea of "get things done as quickly as you can in order to be happy and relax later."

See to me, that made absolutely no sense. Time is always present. Why can't you be happy while you are doing things. I don't want to reserve it for later. And even worse, I don't want to be happy and relaxed now, in order to be miserable and enslaved later.

This simple "thought" literally changed me forever.

It was not until I applied these simple techniques - which we all have at our disposal *this instant!* - that I felt true peace of mind:

1. Live in the Moment:

You may have heard it a million times and not had a clue what to do with it. That's the problem...most "helpers" give you goals, without giving you constructive tools to accomplish those goals! Well, you're in the right place! Here's what you do:

Slow down. Unzip your coat slower, scratch that itch on your nose in a couple seconds... get creative! Do most things as though you have "all the time in the world" and you have control over your mind. When you have control of your mind, it can feel anything you want! Insert happy words into your conciousness, take a deep breath in before you talk to someone, and you'll feel your confidence soar!

Note: Obviously, don't quit completely slack off at your job. But if you really aren't happy in your job, plan a way to get out. Don't just do something without purpose. That can be disastrous.

2. Shrink Yourself

I personally think of my current position in the Universe. Sound kind of deep? Well it is, and I LOVE it. It's amazing to think that we are riding this big hunk of minerals and floating in an "atmosphere" filled with the vital gases we need to survive. It makes me feel priveledged and humbled. It makes me feel so small in the universe, yet so priveledged because these very molecules that make up my body could have been dispersed throughout the cosmos. I could be on some other planet...but I'm NOT! I'm living on this beautiful planet with gravity, air, water. Everything I need PLUS some more (internet, thousands of people to meet, things to learn which I normally wouldn't learn, and food at my fingertips)!

3. Do your own thing.

Question societal "norms". Why do you have to walk in a straight line, staring straight ahead? Walk backwards (carefully), walk sideways, crouch, skip, jump! No one can tell you what to do! You're not hurting anyone...in fact, you may give them a chuckle and make their day.

Trick your mind a little. When you drop a pencil and go to pick it up, stop for a second and question whether you want to actually pick it up. In fact, just walk away. This takes some practice, but it will really increase you critical thinking skills because you can't acquire these skills simply by learning about them. You have to do them! By the way, pick up the pencil eventually..

Summary:

The simple Act of Doing things Slower, thinking outside your mind, and following the unbeaten path gives you a wordly, whole feeling deep inside your sub-conscious and consious mind. You won't feel swamped, instead, you'll feel a radiating confidence that you feel you can deal with ANY situation that arises. Your boss gives you a deadline...no problem, you'll be done early. You'll actually enjoy doing it because you can put these principles to task. You can be happy while your working!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Natural Anti-Depressant

Greetings fellow Earthlings!

Today, I wanted to touch on a topic that is near and dear to my Heart. It's something that I - only recently - have conquered.

I would love to share my recipe for a Natural Anti-Depressant with all of you because Depression is Not something I would wish on anyone. Not even my worst enemies

Without going to in-depth about my depression causes, I can explain the effects I felt during, and the cure which caused an amazing transformation.

It was not as though a light switched off and I suddenly became un-depressed. But it wasn't the longest time by "normal" people's sense.

In a depressed person's terms, it took a while, before I got to the point I am at now...nearly 100% free of depression!

I still have the occasional anxiety or stress, but I've learned to notice and kind of "sweep" it under the rug.. and not let it affect me.

Anyways, here was my sorta "once and for all" depression cure that will not only eliminate this condition, but literally fill your mind and soul with eternal joy, passion for life, and purpose:

It's called the...

Green Smoothie!

Now, I get emails and personal questions from non-Raw Foodies all the time asking, "What in the world is a GREEN Smoothie? I know what a 'regular' smoothie is, but 'Green' just sounds disgusting!" And yes, it is. Well, it was to me the first time I laid eyes on a full glass of blended vegetables. But that was before I tasted it's purity and wholeness.

The best part is... I've tracked my acceptance scale towards the colour, and it has grown immensely - to the point that I LOVE the colour AND the texture! If someone were to whip out a baseball bat and say, "GIMMIE THAT GREEN SMOOTHIE OR ELSE!", I would protect it with my life! In fact, I would probably GULP IT DOWN and whip his butt with that bat Raw Fu style!

But back to Seriousness,

This passion for all things green did not come overnight. It may come of some relief to you to know that I hated the things at first. The colour, the texture...UGH! It made me want to puke. I just wanted more colourful, "vibrant" fruit.

So I *did* add fruit, and I would suggest you start out with say, a half-fruit, half-veggie smoothie for your first couple of weeks/months. Within the said timeslot, you will magically notice that you enjoy the colour, texture, and taste a heck of a lot more than before. In fact, you actually WANT MORE greenieness! So you add more veggies to equal the same volume as it did with fruit.

If you are anything like I was, you will notice Immediate effects. Good effects, not lucid hallucinations! You will notice a mental clarity unlike anything you've experienced before.

Depression-wise, you will:
  1. Notice the "barriers" that prevented* you from overcoming depression and anxiety
  2. Hop those "barriers" or obstacles, clearing a path for bliss
Note: Of course, barriers arise literally everyday in modern life, but the space in between can absolutely be lengthened forever, and the mindset in which you deal with them can be altered! Instead of living in a mind saturated by "obstacles" 24/7 like mine was, the Green Smoothie helped me view only truly important events, problems, and hardships as they arose during the day. I began to trust myself. I trusted that I could deal with any problem that arose. I trusted that I would live in peace, happiness, and a passion for life. I trusted that every thought which passed through my head meant something larger than what I had thought before. I wholly loved being myself and residing in this brain, and body. To this day, my thoughts have remained wonderfully rich and I feel priveledged to resinate this conciousness.

And the MOST wonderful thing is....

You Can Too!

There's a host of other information about Green Smoothie transitioning and transformation on my website, but I'll let you emabark on the journey and find it yourself.

Trust me, If I could pull myself from where I was - which was literally as close to non-living as possible - you could ABSOLUTELY do it too!

Let us start AND enjoy this journey together,

Ride The Cosmos,

Kieran

THAT'S NOT REAL FOOD!

"Uh, YES, it IS! What's that crap you have in your hand. Our true Mother - Nature - doesn't call Oreo Cookies, Hamburgers, or TWINKIES edible. We do! And for the most horrible reasons. But the people who made that alien product - which you senselessly consume for the sake of filling an emotional void by tastebud overloading - know EXACTLY what they are giving you. They are giving you addicting, toxic substances in order to finance theyir multiple "health" sectors...which consist of a vicious cycle of cause-and-effect marketing of THEIR OWN products! Lord help you if you get fat and overweight from these indistinguishable "food" products, and have to retire your life to pharmaceutical medicines in order to cure your Diabetes! You mean you haven't heard diabetes CAN be cured easily by adopting a Raw Food Diet? Oh, you can't give up that crunchy crack? Okay, I get it. You enjoy being a sheep. I've told you the underlying truth about the damage you are doing to your body, and yet you torture yourself, literally dying with every particle of that crap you eat. Wait, before you say "It's only a little" (which is hardly true)...by that rationale...you would be "HURTING yourself a little!" But you still do it. You commit suicide with every "mmmmm". I guess we were all made to be slaves of "successful" (only monetary) humans, who by my and many other human standards, are the lowest of humans. Actually, they aren't even humans...they are scum. And what do scum attract? More scum. They are turning you into the lowest level of organism within trillions of miles. It is sad where our world is at as a society. Can we even call ourselves "human" when we've been lead so far astray by select people who live by one rule: Greed. Greed for money, Greed for hurt, Greed for control. The thing is, they run our society. They've got the world by the balls...those Corporations. And the thing is, you could change it all if you just change yourself. And NO! It's not hard, it's a journey. A journey is an experience. Life is an experience. You're saying life is hard? No, you make it hard because you think it's hard. You buy into cultural and societal "standards", "values", and conditioning in order to precipitate your future experiences. Nothing is "bad" unless you make it so. But the thing is, you can't live a life of neutrality. So you've got to put passion into it. Passion comes in many forms. Passion for happiness, passion for enlightenment, and passion to be passionate. They are all connected, but then again...EVERYTHING is connected. If I haven't gotten through to you despite my "passionate" words, you sir or mam, are a self-destructive individual for which I don't want to associate. If you didn't feel even a spark of offendedness, disrespect, or violation of your current sheep-self, I cannot help you. You may be helped in the future, but for now it is impossible. Thank you and good day."

WHEW! Yeah, that was pretty much a typical response to the infamous, "THAT'S NOT REAL FOOD!" statement I get lierally EVERY day...haha!

But seriously.

What IS the True Definition of food? Something that provides nutrition and nourishment, no?

If you're a Raw Foodie or a diehard cooked foodie, you've possibly either heard this or MADE someone hear this.

I'm tired of being reclusive and quiet about my true feelings. I'm tired of these sheep walking our Earth, buying into everything the Coroporations pitch at them, wastefully consuming the resources on our planet.

"Buy this! Buy That!" They're REALLY saying. "Eat these chemical-laden-cooked, drone foods!"

And you all buy into it...you feed the fire.

So, you need to...

!!!WAKE UP!!!

Consider this a life-changing experience because EVERYTHING you experience *could*possibly (whether you allow it or not) shift your mindset. It's just about whether or not you see the Reasoning (hidden truth) and Depth to these circumstances.

I hear people (mostly religious) say "I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason."

REALLY!?! I mean, Come OOONN!!! Have you people honestly thought that things don't "happen" for a reason?

That is the core problem with our society. We buy into anything we're either:

1. Are told to do - Buy, Sell
2. Influenced to do because it makes us "feel good"

There's literally no depth of thought to any actions performed these days...and the sad thing is...that's WHAT THEY WANT!

They want sheep. They want drones. They want consumers. No one likes a "negative nancy". But isn't the term "negative" just a concept of our human social conditioning brought on by marketing and mass advertizing?

Yes.

That's why you NEED to challenge values, challenge societal norms in order to be free.

If you're already awake, you will understand why I'm SO passionate about these subjects.

If you're still asleep...

SNAP OUT OF IT!

This post CAN change your life for the better... forever! It's just a matter of allowing it to or not.

It's like happiness. You can Choose to be happy, passionate, and have a purpose...or you can Choose to complain, sulk, make fun of things, live a sheltered life, or live by some book's rules. Make your OWN life. NOW!

I swear to you on my personal grave that You have the Power!

Now get out there and be Yourself!

Green Your Diet?

Hey peeps!

Just wondering...what if you could adopt a diet that:

1. Is THE best diet for the Environment, no questions asked

AND

2. IS the best diet for ANY human or organism on Earth!

I've been holding this in for quite a while, trying not to "impose" or anything because a wise man once said, "you can change a man's religion, but try to change a man's diet...that's another story".

So basically, I'm giving you the information you need to act. I'm not going to magically post a link for you that will solve your problems. I do have some Amazing affiliates, but you'll have to find the desire within yourself and the motivation to change not only yourself forever, but the environment.

I know some just haven't been exposed to what our community calls Raw Foods, and its relation to both a better environment and better humans.

So here Goes, The NUMBER ONE Way you can imrpove our environment:

Diet.

It's the NUMBER One way we react with the environment. Forget switching your lightbulbs, turning off a few lights - sure those should be done - but you are not even Coming Close to what you could be saving if you switched to a uncooked plant-based diet.

It's the optimum way of eating for any human (or organism - 100% of all other organisms are raw foodists) but just keep in mind a few Main Points:

1. a) Meat's Serious Environmental Concerns:
  • The ammount of energy our North American nations consume on the Meat and Dairy industry is GREATER than that of the automobile industry. Re: United Nations
  • Switching to a Raw Food diet would save the equivalent of driving your car for a full year.
  • The ammountof water it takes to make just one hamburger is 3500 litres (20 Bathtubs full)!
  • We use 70% of all our wheat, corn, and grain yields to feed OTHER ANIMALS! If only we could use this for FOOD instead of FEED.
  • Think of how we're affecting the species themselves - 1/3 of all fish species is now extinct because of fish farming.
  • Plus, with all the Meat recalls and Listeria risks, wouldn't you want to Eliminate that risk Forever?

1. b) Meat's Serious Health Concerns (which therefore influence Environmental Health - you can't have unhealthy people trying to save an unhealthy environment - the two are directly proportional)

  • You don't like meat, you like seasoning. Meat is texture to go with salt and sauce. If you knew where majority of meat came from, what's in it, how it was treated, and why it ROTS in your body, causing colon cancer and acting as a carcinogenic compound, you would Reject it forever.
  • It's It's addictive, though which is why people say "I could never stop eating meat".
  • Humans are not designed to eat meat. Look at carnivores such as lions. They eat their meat raw, no? They hunt their foods with their primal physiological tools (claws, teeth, speed). Do you think you have the bloodthirst (let alone, ability) to hunt another animal down, and stick your face in their guts? ALL carnivores go for intestine and stomach contents because that's where the nutrition (plant contents) came from if the hunted animal was a herbivore.

2. a) Environmental Impact of Cooking:

Stoves, microwaves, and toasters all use immense ammounts of energy. What if I told you you could Eliminate these sources of energy AND thrive on the best foods possible? Why wouldn't you do it?

b) Health Impact of Cooking:

Cooking kills! We learned in High School Chemistry that applying heat results in release of minerals. How is it any different with food? 100% of other animals eat their food raw, and they're doing just fine.

Cooking:
  • Destroys vitamins, minerals, and ezymes - and if you think you can take supplements to "make up" for what you lost, you are sorely mistaken. Most supplements are designed in a lab where it's cheaper to make. These are not absorbable at all by the human body.
  • Enzymes are especially important because they facilitate uptake of nutrients and minerals. When you cook above 108 degrees, you DESTROY these ezymes, rendering the nutrients unavailable. You are now killing your body further with every cooked meal, because the NET ammount of energy it has to put out is greater than the energy coming in.
3. Health Impact of Dairy:

Dairy is a poison:
  • The protein that makes up 80% of milk called Casein is also used as white glue.
  • It has no fibre, so it rots in your gut.
  • Milk is intended for cows, not humans.
  • The only reason you enjoy it is because you:
  1. Add sugar and or chocolate
  2. It already contains one of those. Sugar is highly addictive and if you thought food manufacturers didn't know that, you'd be kidding yourself.
  • Milk is Pasteurized which is just a fancy word for cooking. This destroys most nutrients (yes most of Calcium too) and denatures proteins.
  • When somethings cooked, it loses enzymes. Enzymes help to digest food. So basically, it stays in your body and toxins from the livestock farmer (Growth Hormones, Antibiotics) re-absorb into your bloodstream.
  • Incidently, the coutries with the highest milk consumption have the highest osteoperosis rates, so is this "Got Milk" campaign really just a hoax. Milk contains half the calcium you'd find in dark, leafy greens.
  • NO study has ever shown milk to reduce ANY risk of bone related disease...and actually many have PROVEN it to increase these rates.
SUMMARY:

There is just too much to write in one post, so I`ll be alternating my topic schedules. That means next I`ll talk about Diet, Then Fitness, Then Evironment again, so Stay Tuned. I should have the next Environmental Article up within a week, for sure.

You`ll notice a lot of my Environmental Posts will be tied to Human Health, because I strongly believe the two are directly connected. You can`t make an Eco-system it`s healthiest if your mind and body isn`t the healthiest it can be in the first place.

I wrote this post because I see the deadline on improving our environment and human health. The deadline is NOW. I'm not going to put it off anymore for that "perfect time" because it may never come...and it may pass.

Hopefully, some of you will shed the sheepskin and see the light.

You don't have to mass hate mail me telling me this or that about anything I talked about because I and Millions of others KNOW it's factual, consise, relevant information. There are few things I'm sure about in our modern society, but this is absolutely one.

Hope I got through to you

Cheers,

Eco Eater
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