Day 7 of Juice Feasting - transformation in the face of temptation

Note to self:  write blog earlier in the day... me think that a detoxing body needs beauty sleep!  Midnight is NOT the time to write in the blog... ooops, I did it again!

Today confirmed to me that this cleanse is ALL about transforming my inner emotions, or more accurately, letting go, as there is very little doing involved... just connecting my consciousness to the universal Source, and being in a state of Presence, becoming aware of the sensation, thought or emotion and turning back my attention to Source as I witness old attachments, emotions, beliefs, family programming be swept away.  

I believe that we have been programmed to shrink away from the light. This can be changed, so that no matter what, you turn towards the Light...but it requires courage in the face of the programming - which is attached to yuky emotions you usually want to avoid...  If you are reading this, you have already taken a huge step in the direction of deprogramming yourself!  Congratulations Green Spiritual Warrior!  

Today I placed myself in the face of temptation again, in order to go deeper in the emotional deprogramming:  I went to work on my computer in a coffee shop, then to a scrumptious tea shop, and finally tonight, at the "movies under the stars" in the Blue Mountain village resort - aka restaurant, bars, candy shop and french fries (my fave) central.  Everytime I felt a pull towards some kind of cooked food that wouldn't be good for my body, I stopped and connected to Source until the pull was completely gone.  I was impressively calm and centered throughout the whole day during this exercise.  Having fun with it. Didn't think the day would come when I would have fun with emotional eating!  You go girl!!!  I'm super proud of myself!  I'm crossing my fingers that I am actually touching the root causes of the emotional eating and that it will no longer be an issue when the Juice Feast is finished.

I realize that in all my years and ups and down in the raw food world, I never took time to grieve cooked food.  Now, I am listening in, and letting go of all the feelings of belonging, familiarity, nurturing, etc... associated with the cooked foods that I am allergic to, or do not serve me.

I had lots of greens today, and I've already known for some time now that my body does really well with lots of greens and seaweeds.  I'm not going to log in all the different juices I make every day anymore, because I feel that the cleanse is all about really listening to your body, and feeling in to what is right for you on any given day, instead of emulating someone's else intake of juices.  Definitely the cleansing protocol is a good one to follow, but I am talking about going more into listening to your instinct, and putting the focus away from the food.  

I will however post whichever yummy recipes I concoct:  

- lambsquarter and a bit of pineapple is über yummy

- celery and grapefruit

- sunflower sprouts are so good, they are a drink on their own.

I'm a bit more careful about not mixing all kinds of juices together, as I feel that it might be easier for the body to assimilate without crazy mixes.

Oh, yeah, did I mention that it is midnight??? Good night!