Love

Love is a many splendored thing.........yes it is, yes it is, yes it is. And to all those who spread love and joy, I am forever grateful, and to those who know how to love unconditionally, you are my teachers. Last night I went to a darshan/satsang/kirtan with Swami Vishwananda. It was wonderful. I am not a follower of anyone.....but I do love to be around those who love to spread love and joy. And he is one....I will admit to having a bit of an issue with all of the praises being sung to only male deities.....but that is where he comes from....a male centered world/teaching, but love and joy are the main things he teaches......so I go for that.

Love. I have a dream to make a compilation of all of the wonderful songs I love that are about love. There are so many good ones of all genres.......to make a huge compilation and have it played on a local radio station on Valentine's Day. I wouldn't be happy til they played it exclusively 24/7 but for that I would have to own the station....hmmm...

I read something recently...basically a set of rules for having a blog...and one of the things that was on the list was not to just blog about yourself. I realize my life is not nearly as interesting to others as it is to me....and I admire and would love to emulate those whose blogs are so full of great things....but I just have no idea where they get their photos, info, etc. or how to put links into my blog, etc. Now I realize it is not that hard to do, but to even have the time it takes to figure it all out..........makes me think they are all cyber geniuses or they have way too much time on their hands.

My diet has been a mixture of good and bad....the bad being sweets, organic ruffles, (not truffles), and just cooked food in general. But I have seen that obsessing about it does not help..so I am just taking each day as it comes and making a concerted effort to get more live food into my day. Like today. um, yeah. Like today. Which had more cooked food than not. But what did I have that was raw....some blueberries. That's about it. Also had some Master Cleanse lemonade....is that raw? Made with maple syrup, so only partially raw. Had a bean burrito for dinner, canned beans with onions, bell pepper cooked in, and raw tomato added in, with cheese and salsa. And blue corn chips. And half of a Dagoba Chai chocolate bar...good but almost too sweet....and a handful of peanut m&m's....and a Dreyer's fruit pop with vanilla ice cream center....and a handful of roasted salted cocktail peanuts.....this is what I eat when I try and do the Master Cleanse. Can't seem to fast right now....not sure why. So...tomorrow I will stop kidding myself and just try and eat well. Apples and blueberries and salad with carrots, broccoli, tomato, pine nuts, a smattering of parmegiano reggiano cheese with Seeds of Change Greek Feta dressing. And for my carb fix...I will just not give in. No bread, no sweets, no carbs outside of raw foods. Will just have to put the kabosh on carb cravings with my Oil of Oregano capsules and my Primal Defense tablets and my Grapefruit seed extract tablets and liquid.

I will be 100% (okay 96.4%) raw......before the summer ends. That is my goal. So what steps do I need to take to achieve this? Make each day a bit more raw than the day before, use my raw uncook books to make more raw recipes.....fall in love with raw. It's all so luscious.....