Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 Earning Your Food I've heard Doug Graham more than once mention the concept of " earning " your food. I've seen Elchanan refer to it. Not until today when I had an AHA moment, did I finally internalize it. It's not that we have to be " crazy " about it, and get physical movement/exercise prior to every meal, it's just that that is, in reality, what happens in Nature: that is Nature's Design: you *HAVE* to move to get your food. As I'd driven my car/with bike on the back, the 8-10 miles to the park, and then rode another ~3 miles to get to the tangerine orchard, and as I was watching the squirrels 25-30 up in the trees, just scampering around: it hit me, as I bit into that tangerine - ahh...yes, in Nature, in order to eat, one would have to go get his/her food! There are no " supermarkets " in Nature, no farmer's stands, etc.... The fruit would be found on the trees. It was also a very humbling moment, as I realized that I was within 25-30 feet of some absolutely lovely looking tangerines....problem was they were 25-30 vertically from me. Meaning that in order to get them, I'd have to climb the up tree and pick them. I could see the squirrels way up there, I thought of the fact that gorillas/bonobos are 5X as strong as humans, and I remembered watching the Nature special on the rescued chimpanzees, and almost as soon as they were released, they scampered up the nearest tree. I didn't feel that I had the personal strength, nor did it feel " safe " to me, to attempt that climb. Now, I'm in " ok " shape, but not in the kind of shape where I'm going to climb 25-30 up in the air, using just my hands and legs, and with no one else around. I did consider, for a brief moment, going home and getting a ladder, and coming back. Can you picture it: riding 3 miles in a county park, half of it on off trails, with a ladder on top of me? I had enough looks and comments about my cloth bags! (some even laughed and asked if I'd brought anything for them? recognize that this park, on the paved trail part, has " athletes " roaring around on their multi-thousand dollar bikes; the off-trails have the equivalent in terms of mountain bikes. All of this was another " clue " for me about the " wild " nature of these tangerine trees: man doesn't allow the trees to grow that tall in the orchards I've seen in Florida. Most humbling, and exciting at the same time: a NEW GOAL, and a fabulous insight into what it might mean to me to " live in the wild... " !! Most obviously, I was not meant to collect tangerines today; I was meant to learn more about movement and eating, and be humble. all the best, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 Bob, I've learned a lot from the Perfect Health Program and that's one of the principles he mentions several times. He talks about food combining as it relates to nature, too. He says if you were picking mangos, you wouldn't say, " Oh, I have these nice mangos. Now I'll walk 20 miles because I know where there are some delicious blueberries. They would be good together. " That's not a direct quote. It's a paraphrase but you get the idea. Animals in the wild eat one kind of fruit until they are satisfied. It's people who look for variety and mixing things up. And I'm one of the worst! But, " at least it's raw! " I'm not 811rv yet but that's the way I'm headed. Tommie http://reallyrawfood.com rawfood , " Bob Farrell " <farrell.bob wrote: > > Earning Your Food > > > I've heard Doug Graham more than once mention the concept of " earning " your > food. I've seen Elchanan refer to it. > Not until today when I had an AHA moment, did I finally internalize it. > > It's not that we have to be " crazy " about it, and get physical > movement/exercise prior to every meal, > it's just that that is, in reality, what happens in Nature: that is Nature's > Design: you *HAVE* to move to get your food. > > > As I'd driven my car/with bike on the back, the 8-10 miles to the park, and > then rode another ~3 miles > to get to the tangerine orchard, and as I was watching the squirrels 25-30 > up in the trees, just scampering around: > it hit me, as I bit into that tangerine - ahh...yes, in Nature, in order to > eat, one would have to go get his/her food! > There are no " supermarkets " in Nature, no farmer's stands, etc.... The > fruit would be found on the trees. > > It was also a very humbling moment, as I realized that I was within 25-30 > feet of some absolutely lovely looking > tangerines....problem was they were 25-30 vertically from me. Meaning that > in order to get them, I'd have to > climb the up tree and pick them. I could see the squirrels way up there, I > thought of the fact that gorillas/bonobos > are 5X as strong as humans, and I remembered watching the Nature special on > the rescued chimpanzees, > and almost as soon as they were released, they scampered up the nearest > tree. I didn't feel that I had the personal > strength, nor did it feel " safe " to me, to attempt that climb. Now, I'm in > " ok " shape, but not in the kind of shape where I'm going to climb > 25-30 up in the air, using just my hands and legs, and with no one else > around. I did consider, for a brief moment, going home and > getting a ladder, and coming back. Can you picture it: riding 3 miles in a > county park, half of it on off trails, with a ladder on top of me? > I had enough looks and comments about my cloth bags! (some even laughed and > asked if I'd brought anything for them? recognize that > this park, on the paved trail part, has " athletes " roaring around on their > multi-thousand dollar bikes; the off-trails have the equivalent in terms of > mountain bikes. > > > All of this was another " clue " for me about the " wild " nature of these > tangerine trees: man doesn't allow the trees to grow that tall > in the orchards I've seen in Florida. > > Most humbling, and exciting at the same time: a NEW GOAL, and a fabulous > insight into what it might mean to me to > " live in the wild... " !! > > Most obviously, I was not meant to collect tangerines today; I was meant to > learn more about movement and eating, and > be humble. > > all the best, > > Bob > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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