For the last week, I have been reading one of the most amazing, mystifying, and incredible books that I have read for some time. I won't review it, because Heidi & JS of Raw Food, Right Now! already did a great job. Go here to read the review that peaked my interest enough to send me to the bookstore for a copy. This book is all about becoming the best you ever. Here are a few quotes that really got my attention: Discipline weighs ounces; Regret weighs tons. Any and every physiological symptom from a toothache to a terminal cancer has its roots in thoughts, words, and actions. And the best quote ever: Until further notice, celebrate everything. There are many stories in this book that are incredibly inspiring and some that frankly boggle the mind. One story that did both for me was titled The Backster Effect. In 1966 a man named Cleve Backster, who was retired from the CIA and working in NY training policeman to administer polygraphs, was in his office watering his rubber tree when he was struck by a thought that perhaps he might be able to record the increase in the water content of the leaves with the lie detector. He placed electrodes on either side of a leaf and watered the plant. No change. He decided to try the technique that he called "threat to well being" and dipped the leaf in his hot coffee. No change. Next, he decided to get a match and burn the leaf. The instant that he had this thought, there was a huge change on the graph paper. The authors, David Wolfe and Nick Good, quote Backster. "I had not moved, or touched the plant, so the timing of the PGR pen activity suggested to me that the tracing might have been triggered by the mere thought of the harm I intended to inflict on the plant." If our thoughts can affect plants in this way, imagine what we are doing to each other and the cosmos each second of our lives. The authors call this book "the guidebook to becoming a superhero" and so it is. There is no time like now to leave behind all of the old patterns that haven't served us well. There is no time like now to recreate ourselves into the super hero we were all born to be.
Today, April 23, I ate:
8oz water
12 ozs grapefruit/orange juice
1 large cameo apple
8oz water
18oz green juice, spinach, celery, cucumber, carrot
1 raw brownie bite with buttery vanilla frosting made by Mariel
2 sprouted essene crackers
18oz Mango/orange juice/ vanilla/hemp protein smoothie
1 raw brownie bite thingee (Oh, those were good!)
16oz water
For the recipe for the raw brownie bites and other delectable raw desserts click here.
Have an amazing day. Oh, wait. Have an amazing life!
Love,
Diane
