Amanda/Jerrysan/Raw? cooked

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There is also something to be said for raw foods, as others have mentioned

here before.

 

My personal experience is that was difficult to stop eating meat as

vegetarian food felt like it didn't afford enough energy for long work days

(and little sun light).

 

The energy contained in raw, uncooked vegetables and fruits is much higher

than in cooked food. This extra energy content in raw foods can make for an

easier transition from meat based to vegetarian if the body system has a

high rate of metabolism.

 

 

Love,

 

Amanda.

 

Thanks for sharing your perspective on this Amanda. I just want to point out

that raw foods may not suit everyone completely. Our own dear friend

Jerrysan Rinpoche for example has to limit himself to cooked food for a

variety of health reasons. Ultimately, common sense about what agrees with

the body and personal judgment is critical in matters of diet. It is

important to remember that Ramana Maharshi was an advocate for the

vegetarian diet and ate mostly cooked foods. The sage when asked questions

in such a way that the answers would be critical of those who were not

vegetarians invariably remained silent and refused to say anything.

 

 

Love to all

Harsha

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Hi Harsha:

Thanks for pointing out that raw foods are not for everyone. Diet has

no simple black and white answers as there are various factors that

involved in finding the proper diet for one's body. For instance if

one has a tendency towards hypoglycemia moving into a total fruit

diet could have a very negative effect. The Chinese have a system of

five body types and the body type requires specific diets. Ayurvedic

has 3 types and if one were of a kapha guna or constitution he would

find a raw food diet very energizing. A vata constitution would have

a hard time with a raw food diet as the digestive fire can be rather

low in the vata constitution and raw food can actually take as much

digestive energy to digest as a diet heavy in meat.

Namaste,

Linda

>Thanks for sharing your perspective on this Amanda. I just want to

point >out>that raw foods may not suit everyone completely. Our own

dear friend>Jerrysan Rinpoche for example has to limit himself to

cooked food for a>variety of health reasons. Ultimately, common sense

about what agrees >with>the body and personal judgment is critical in

matters of diet. It is>important to remember that Ramana Maharshi was

an advocate for the>vegetarian diet and ate mostly cooked foods. The

sage when asked >questions>in such a way that the answers would be

critical of those who were not>vegetarians invariably remained silent

and refused to say anything.>Love to

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In a message dated 1/20/01 8:01:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,

harsha-hkl writes:

 

<< Our own dear friend

Jerrysan Rinpoche for example has to limit himself to cooked food for a

variety of health reasons. Ultimately, common sense about what agrees with

the body and personal judgment is critical in matters of diet. It is

important to remember that Ramana Maharshi was an advocate for the

vegetarian diet and ate mostly cooked food >>

 

 

l'm impressed that you remembered this, Harsha! lt's true that ever since k

began to work on my digestive tract 6 yrs ago l've had to avoid nearly all

raw fruits and vegetables. l would normally eat a high fiber, low fat,

complex carbohydrate oriented, vegetarian diet. l started eating this way

over 20 yrs ago because of a family history of heart disease. But l have to

modify it on a day to day basis depending on how much the energy's affecting

my stomach.

A few years ago an lndian swami who

specializes in treating k problems sent me his recommended dietary regimen

for all of his k students. lt included eating only cooked foods. He was in

the Shankaracharya order and used a traditional approach to k, but l don't

know what that had to do with his ideas on food.

 

Ultimately l agree with what you've said, that this is unique to each

individual, based largely on personal experience and common sense.

 

from Mt Kailash,

jerrysan rinpoche