thought you might want to read the NFL-ish take on militant behavior, since it's been a topic... Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:50:25 -0700 From: Brent <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: It is not about food I am going to see David Wolf Speak this weekend. I am excited. Yesterday, I talked with Steve Adler who is a very good friend of Davids. Steve is a young man who has been on raw food for a couple of years. My wife and I went to here him speak last month. Powerful spirit that was in the room. Anyway, steve and I talked about diet and Raw food. Steve said that he and David Wolf have talked a lot about people getting "unstuck: from food. Try to take emotion out of eating? He said "The point is that we can get stuck on food- it can be our god- but it is actually just a a means to getting there (not the end itself)" He said that most people who move to raw Fruits and Vegetables are going against traditions and familiarity (left brain loves the familiar) and for them to initially break the "Generational Imprinting" of Meat and Cooked food is very difficult. Sometimes it means that these first time raw fooders become almost Militant in their behavior- They have to stiffen up their back bone and be strong to break the "imprinting." Until they break the imprinting, they are playing mental ping pong (double minded). The purpose of NFL's first book was of this style- strong, forceful, etc. BTW David is writing a second book and helping Joe Alexander publish another. Also Most people who go to Raw Food or Veganism go because of physical and health reasons But Then as they start breaking barriers and start to heal (mentally, physically) they start to experience spiritual things. Eventually most will start to experience Love (charity) and they will start "opening up" (left brain releasing its strangle hold on the right- the right emerging and giving space for the infinite mysteries of god). Food then looses its place as god, and just becomes a source of pure energy for metabolic function on this earth at this present state. It is a strong possability that we are addicted to food- Have you ever experienced a lustful gratification from eating Decadently rich cheese cake or Extra Cheese Pizza- it is almost like a euphoric fix. Some people actually experience a type of orgasm from eating food. Or they experience Security, Or love- Familiarity (that is what the left brain loves). So that is why (as far as raw food diet is concerned) the evenings when we have come home from a long stressful day of work , when we are tired and our emotions are on edge, we go to the old faithful (imprinting) and experience the drug of a Cooked food, Bread, meat- It calms us down. And then if we can eat this cooked food in front of our TV or Video, then we even go in deeper state of Escape. Steve said that Juicy fruit is the least addicting for him and in fact has no addiction. With much Agape-Brent