The most full of life and love

Its hard to get off processed food because we’ve all been used to it being available since we were young. Getting off processed food is like going back in time. Going back before the industrial revolution. Getting back to that basic and most significant and uniquely defining human invention: the pot. Except now its 2015 and we have refrigerators and rice cookers and electric hot water kettles which are more energy efficient.

Imagine that feeling you have when you haven’t yet made this change, and you’re in your favorite natural foods store in maybe the aisle with snacks, deciding what to get. Or you’re looking at something in the section with crackers, or breads. Or even some things in the raw section which are still processed and readymade. Imagine the feeling in the bulk section with the granolas if you eat granola, or any of the other foods there such as trail mix. Ok imagine whatever of these affects you the strongest, pulls you the most.

Then take that exact feeling and now imagine you are standing in the bulk section in front of all the beans. Lima beans. Kidney beans. Chickpeas. Different kinds of lentils. Chana dal. Split peas.

That is the energy I’m talking about, the energy that I believe everyone needs to accomplish, to relinquish all the processed foods – the idea of there being anything other than fresh fruit and vegetables, and maybe the occasional dried fruit – that is instantly available to consume. Because we have a refrigerator we can also have beans which we prepared or maybe leftover grains, or else cook fresh ones.

Imagine when you’re really hungry and you open your fridge and take out some beans you cooked the day before. And you can maybe just put some oil on them, maybe some salt, maybe sprinkle some herbs and seasonings on them. That is what I’m talking about.

I used to think it was a good thing to cook one batch of beans and have them available for eating. Now I’m thinking I need two or even three types of beans cooked and ready. Because this is my life. This is what I eat. It is what sustains me. What I consume.

And of course eat lots of salad and veggies in general. And also steam veggies. I love steamed potatoes. A steamed potato – let me tell you this! – is the ultimate rescue when you’re body is over-addicted to processed foods and you’re really craving something processed. Grab a large russet or yukon gold potato and steam it and love it. It will nourish you so well. You will savor that full feeling it gives you and the total love it transmits into your body. Totally healthy, pure, and good. And just think you might have eaten something processed instead which, no matter what it was and no matter how much you might have spent for it, would not have fulfilled you and made you as happy and pure as the potato did.

And there are so many other things. There’s quinoa – different kinds. There’s millet. There’s amaranth. There’s chia seeds which I make sure to have 2-3 teaspoons every day with my oatmeal, grinding the seeds in a coffee grinder. Nowadays I use 2 teaspoons of chia plus one of basil seeds for an extra exotic kind of zing. And there is ground flaxseed which I also add.

I don’t have a lot of money to spend on vast quantities of fruit so I’m not an active juicer. I don’t buy 5 lb. bulk bags of frozen fruit at discount stores to use for smoothies. But I do always try to keep at least one type of berry in my fridge. I usually get great deals on berries at my local farmer’s market. I always eat bananas. I do buy fruit smoothie/shake drinks which tend to last a long time as I usually only need a few sips per day.

Its not easy doing all of this. The world is against you. Even the natural food stores you shop at are against you in some ways. But when you connect with, when you return to this diet you will be connecting more closely with the diet of your ancestors who did not eat processed food, but with the benefit of having refrigeration and being able to eat a lot of healthy fresh produce and keeping things fresh longer, thereby cutting down on the time needed to cook every day.

This diet is the healthiest diet for human beings. It enables the body to sustain itself in the most optimal way, to maintain its vitality to the fullest. It has the lowest environmental impact.

Imagine an Earth filled with human beings all eating an optimal vegan diet. It would be a world so different from what is now. It is the world meant to be. This is the path humans were meant to fulfill, to attain. Human beings have the wisdom to know the healthiest way to live, the way that is the most full of life and love. I know that deep down in their heart every person knows this is the best way. I hope you will be inspired to follow it, to enact revolution in your life.