Is there something wrong?

[Guest guest]

When a simple diet is turned into the Gateway to

Paradise, I smell a dead fish.<br><br>I have noticed that

those who seek Paradise are in fact, now, unhappy. They

deny their unhappiness by filling their minds with a

non-existing Paradise.<br><br>We used to call it

Pie-in-the-Sky.

[Guest guest]

Those with Personality Disorders are attracted to

Raw because it enables them to deny their unhappiness

and the fact that their unhappiness will

continue.<br><br>When you are finally on the Raw Diet and you are still

unhappy, they tell you that you haven't been on it long

enough, that you are still 'detoxing'.<br><br>Then there

are those who become the 'priests' of Raw. They have

an arcane theology which can tell which raw foods

will inhibit enzymes or not. This has no more basis in

reality than angels dancing on the heads of

pins.<br><br>Why are we so gullible as to believe them?

[Guest guest]

The reason we are so gullible is that we don't

want to face that we are the authors of our own

unhappiness and more than likely the unhappiness of those

around us.<br><br>There is nothing like having someone

or something to blame.<br><br>Let's face it

Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Psychopathic Personality

Disorder, Addictive Personality Disorder are lousy

personalities to be.<br><br>And our personalities can't be

changed, no matter how much raw food we eat.

[Guest guest]

Victor,<br><br>I'm only going to take issue with

one assertion you made: that which foods inhibit

enzymes has no basis in reality.<br><br>I've read books

on the subject of enzymes (not from Raw Foodists

either) and it was stated matter of factly that certain

foods are known to contain enzyme inhibitors. I never

did and still don't fully understand the significance

of the issue. I assumed it meant the enzyme

inhibitors hindered the digestion of that particualy food,

but not that it affected the enzymes of the human

body.<br><br>Anyway, until someone proves to me otherwise, I don't

belive there's any panacea that produces paradise.

Although I know from experience there are certain

disciplines and things that get you close, at least

temporarily (like some forms of meditation). Like you, I

think raw food is great in its own sake, but I am a

little skeptical that raw food alone brings spiritual

enlightenment, although I wouldn't argue with the assertion that

it purifies your body and mind somewhat which might

be considered a precurser to enlightenment. I am

interested to hear from people who feel Raw made them

enlightened.<br><br>Every one I get to know well has fairly significant

personality " disorders " . I find people who don't to be either

boring or dumb and happy. Or maybe the issue is it is

normal to be abnormal. And normal people are the

anomoly. Anyway, I approach seemingly normal and always

happy people with a combination of suspicion and awe.

[Guest guest]

Victor;<br>I am as skeptical as you when it comes

to so called " enlightenment " . When I have these

experances, I question it. Mabe I'm comeing down with

something, mabe its blood sugar, mabe its gas. However,

there is some scientific evidence for what Arnold Ehret

and many others talk about. <br><br>A detoxed raw

vegan is Physicly (saliva, blood, urein, and tisue)

more alkaline. You can test this by buying litmus

paper and testing yourself.When you become alkaline,

the Cytoplasm ( the liqued part of the cell) becomes

more alkaline. The cell acts, similar to a battery,

the Nucleus is positive charged and acidic. The

Cytoplasm is negative charged and alkaline. When the

Cytoplasm is more alkaline, the cell functions properly,

does not mutate into cancer. DNA is not damaged, etc.

This happens to all cells in your body, including

brain cells, and nerve cells (which carry information

along by nerve impulses through the Synapse) So we do

have some evidence for, at least a higher functioning

brain.<br><br>There is something else every recovering alcoholic can

testify to; When you get clean, when all the alcohol is

out of your system (for me it was about 6 months) You

wake up, you suddenly start thinking clearly. They

call it comeing out of the fog, and its real. It

happened to me, even though, I was never an alcoholic (I

refused to go to the meetings ;~) ). It seems to me, if

that can happen after cleaning yourself of one toxin.

What could happen after cleaning yourself of all

toxins.<br><br>Doug

[Guest guest]

Dear Mallon,<br><br>Thank you for your good

reply.<br><br>I do accept that certain foods contain enzyme

inhibitors.<br><br>Your view of raw and enlightenment is

well-balanced.<br><br>And I very much like your approach to happy people,

that is, with suspicion and awe.<br><br>I enjoyed your

reply.<br><br>Victor.

[Guest guest]

Dear Doug,<br><br>It was good to hear about the

cells and alkalinity. Particularly how they act as a

battery, with an acid centre, surrounded by an alkaline

sphere.<br><br>And very interesting to hear about coming out of the

fog and being able to think clearly.<br><br>And what

a good question, " What could happen after cleaning

yourself of all toxins? " .<br><br>I think eating raw does

bring on large changes and how important it is to be

able to understand what is going on.<br><br>It's good

to hear from you.<br><br>Victor.