Thanks Jesmi - I see that you’re into avocado! What did you like about this post? Did you agree or disagree with any parts of it? Are you also maintaining a raw food lifestyle?

Haha, well, my dear friend, the next time I come to Chicago (which may very well be in 2009 for the next SOBCon blogging conference), I will be a bit more selective but it certainly doesn’t mean we can’t visit Greektown and pig out!

Thanks for your continuing love and support - I had been wondering where you were and then BOOM, I see a comment from you. Cool.

You look terrific but we have lost at least 15% of our investment. (You and the market!)

Does this mean we can’t go to Greektown in Chicago and pig out again?

Kristen, I’m glad a fellow raw foodist stopped in to “check me out” - thanks! I look forward to interacting with you a bit more as we go forward. My intention is to not only share my own journey for the world to see but also form a community of like-minded people.

I think what Patricia was trying to say is that there’s a karmic effect that passes through to humans who eat meat that was once part of mistreated animals or something of that nature. The anger and pain experienced by these animals somehow gets passed on to humans in the form of karma.

I read a chapter on this in one of the books but I’m not sure which book it was. You can probably google it and find something on the Internet. I need to do more research in this area but it does present a fascinating view of things. I think Patricia was trying to say that I might be feeling a more calm sense of peace lately because I haven’t eaten meat in several days (or maybe weeks because I can’t remember the last time I had chicken, my favorite form of meat).

This is true - we’ve been bombarded with false ads by big companies who have pools of lobbyists in Washington and in the media. We aren’t getting the facts straight unless we happen to look in the right places for unfiltered information.

That’s a very good point about meat - I hadn’t thought of that. What’s interesting is that I haven’t had meat in a week or two. I can’t remember the last time I used chicken for my salad. It’s not that I want to say goodbye to meat forever but interestingly enough, I just haven’t gravitated back to it. I still have frozen chicken strips in the freezer but a funny thing has happened…….

I can’t help but have this image in my mind that this chicken is “dead meat” - there are no live enzymes in there to help get rid of toxins in the body. So somehow even though I absolutely love chicken, I just haven’t felt compelled to have any. It’s an interesting change of events for me for sure!