Therefore choose life. (WAS: Shopping for diagnoses, medical model)

[Guest guest]

Hi Caron,

 

I do so hope that what you write, excerpted below, is not what you actually

believe. For there are no cures (other than for bacon and the like). Every

part of our being cleanses, restores, and replenishes itself ... when we

create life-affirming conditions, when we make life-affirming choices.

 

In a sense, all this really does go back to that simple statement in

Deuteronomy: " Therefore choose life. "

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Caron

Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:03 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] XPOST: [PathOfHealth #6736] Shopping for diagnoses,

medical model

 

 

I know exactly how you feel, having lived with chronic pain and fatigue for

years. That's why I'm here, trying yet another " cure " .

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-

Elchanan

>I do so hope that what you write, excerpted below, is not what you actually

believe. For there are no cures (other than for bacon and the like). Every

part of our being cleanses, restores, and replenishes itself ... when we

create life-affirming conditions, when we make life-affirming choices.

 

That's why " cure " was in quotation marks - I did actually read on a website

that this guy had " cured " his fibromyalgia by going raw. (I've also read

that diabeties, high cholesterol, heart disease, you name it, have been

" cured " by going raw). I'm using the word " cure " , as it's meant in a medical

context - ie, to fix a disease or problem. It's what I've been looking for,

for years, and why I came here, initially. That changed a few minutes after

I joined the group..

 

My weeks of reading here, and picking brains (in particular, yours,

thankyou!), I've come to understand quite a few things, including things

that have been sitting quietly at the back of my brain, waiting patiently

for me to wake up and hear them. This is why I acknowledge that every

symptom I have stems back to the way I've been eating all my life, and that

the only way to change things is to change the way I've been eating. I know

there's many other facets to health, and I'm seeing some of these fall into

place as I go along. (I'm waiting on my book to arrive so I can find out

what the others are ;o) )

 

Caron

[Guest guest]

So I am thinging that health is a journey, not a destination.

 

 

Belinda

 

 

> Hi Caron,

>

> I do so hope that what you write, excerpted below, is not what you

actually

> believe. For there are no cures (other than for bacon and the

like). Every

> part of our being cleanses, restores, and replenishes itself ...

when we

> create life-affirming conditions, when we make life-affirming

choices.

>

> In a sense, all this really does go back to that simple statement in

> Deuteronomy: " Therefore choose life. "

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On

Behalf Of

> Caron

> Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:03 PM

> rawfood

> Re: [Raw Food] XPOST: [PathOfHealth #6736] Shopping for

diagnoses,

> medical model

>

>

> I know exactly how you feel, having lived with chronic pain and

fatigue for

> years. That's why I'm here, trying yet another " cure " .

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Perfecto!

 

As for those who say they " cured " this or that, they simply do not

understand what actually happened, they have not made the paradigm shift.

But not making the paradigm shift does not prevent one from enjoying the

benefits of RF. The problems arise later, when something goes wrong and they

lack the perspective to deal with it easily. I've seen this happen

repeatedly.

 

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Caron

Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:56 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Therefore choose life. (WAS: Shopping for diagnoses,

medical model)

 

 

Elchanan

>I do so hope that what you write, excerpted below, is not what you actually

believe. For there are no cures (other than for bacon and the like). Every

part of our being cleanses, restores, and replenishes itself ... when we

create life-affirming conditions, when we make life-affirming choices.

 

That's why " cure " was in quotation marks - I did actually read on a website

that this guy had " cured " his fibromyalgia by going raw. (I've also read

that diabeties, high cholesterol, heart disease, you name it, have been

" cured " by going raw). I'm using the word " cure " , as it's meant in a medical

 

context - ie, to fix a disease or problem. It's what I've been looking for,

for years, and why I came here, initially. That changed a few minutes after

I joined the group..

 

My weeks of reading here, and picking brains (in particular, yours,

thankyou!), I've come to understand quite a few things, including things

that have been sitting quietly at the back of my brain, waiting patiently

for me to wake up and hear them. This is why I acknowledge that every

symptom I have stems back to the way I've been eating all my life, and that

the only way to change things is to change the way I've been eating. I know

there's many other facets to health, and I'm seeing some of these fall into

place as I go along. (I'm waiting on my book to arrive so I can find out

what the others are ;o) )

 

Caron

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My thinking, too!

 

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Belinda

Friday, July 06, 2007 3:56 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: Therefore choose life. (WAS: Shopping for diagnoses,

medical model)

 

 

So I am thinging that health is a journey, not a destination.

 

Belinda

 

> Hi Caron,

>

> I do so hope that what you write, excerpted below, is not what you

actually

> believe. For there are no cures (other than for bacon and the

like). Every

> part of our being cleanses, restores, and replenishes itself ...

when we

> create life-affirming conditions, when we make life-affirming

choices.

>

> In a sense, all this really does go back to that simple statement in

> Deuteronomy: " Therefore choose life. "

>

> Best,

> Elchanan

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-

Elchanan

>As for those who say they " cured " this or that, they simply do not

understand what actually happened, they have not made the paradigm shift.

But not making the paradigm shift does not prevent one from enjoying the

benefits of RF. The problems arise later, when something goes wrong and they

lack the perspective to deal with it easily. I've seen this happen

repeatedly.

 

Do you mean that the problems arise because of a lack of understanding about

symptoms and causes? Or because of a lack of knowledge of raw foods and how we

should be eating, and health in general (ie, the other facets of health)? I've

got a few thoughts buzzing around here, having trouble articulating them.

 

Caron