02-22-2016, 02:48 PM
Do you not see how the apparent addiction ties into the mental and emotional reactions associated with taste?
You are very right though. It is something that just comes with time, when one is ready. I went vegan before I even knew of the Law of One, so none of it had anything to do with my relative morality regarding unity, it just happened. I just warn you that the process of eliminating in such a way doesn't stop once it starts, heh. The body gets more and more sensitive.
Emotional associations with foods can be altered, new comfort foods can be established. Old "junk" foods can be remade into healthier versions. I made a huge batch of puppy chow/muddy buddies (peanut butter, chocolate, butter, powdered sugar, cereal) that we've been eating on the past two days. But no guilt, because all the ingredients are natural and organic. The only part that's actually unhealthy is the powdered sugar and the processed butter substitute. I do want to try to make this recipe sometime with coconut oil, though. Anyway my point is that one can still eat "healthy" but eat basically what they want. The societal process of fad diets of denial and eating rancid cabbage soup as a picture of turning to "health" doesn't have to be involved. It's a totally personal thing. I feel like because my body runs on high quality food most of the time, that indulging in sugar or a processed box of mac and "cheese" isn't a crime. My body isn't spending time and energy eliminating superfluous toxins that offer me no nutrition at every meal.
Of course, none of this is necessary, as it's all just an analogy. But the amount of energy we expend to process our food, literally and figuratively, seems absurd when we can just put fuel into our bodies that is as close to its natural source as possible. Your point being that if it feels like punishment or denial, it won't work. But I get tons of pleasure from eating fresh raw vegetables, like a salad, and in fact always have when I was a small child. The crisp taste of water and minerals in varying textures is really exciting to me. So I'm just blessed with a predilection. But it's possible to find pleasure and reward in the process of preparing and eating whole, fresh foods as part of one's daily diet.
You are very right though. It is something that just comes with time, when one is ready. I went vegan before I even knew of the Law of One, so none of it had anything to do with my relative morality regarding unity, it just happened. I just warn you that the process of eliminating in such a way doesn't stop once it starts, heh. The body gets more and more sensitive.
Emotional associations with foods can be altered, new comfort foods can be established. Old "junk" foods can be remade into healthier versions. I made a huge batch of puppy chow/muddy buddies (peanut butter, chocolate, butter, powdered sugar, cereal) that we've been eating on the past two days. But no guilt, because all the ingredients are natural and organic. The only part that's actually unhealthy is the powdered sugar and the processed butter substitute. I do want to try to make this recipe sometime with coconut oil, though. Anyway my point is that one can still eat "healthy" but eat basically what they want. The societal process of fad diets of denial and eating rancid cabbage soup as a picture of turning to "health" doesn't have to be involved. It's a totally personal thing. I feel like because my body runs on high quality food most of the time, that indulging in sugar or a processed box of mac and "cheese" isn't a crime. My body isn't spending time and energy eliminating superfluous toxins that offer me no nutrition at every meal.
Of course, none of this is necessary, as it's all just an analogy. But the amount of energy we expend to process our food, literally and figuratively, seems absurd when we can just put fuel into our bodies that is as close to its natural source as possible. Your point being that if it feels like punishment or denial, it won't work. But I get tons of pleasure from eating fresh raw vegetables, like a salad, and in fact always have when I was a small child. The crisp taste of water and minerals in varying textures is really exciting to me. So I'm just blessed with a predilection. But it's possible to find pleasure and reward in the process of preparing and eating whole, fresh foods as part of one's daily diet.