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I received great benefit from Wally's other wonderful book, "The Science of Being Well," Chapter 10, titled, "What to Eat."

You may find some helpful guidance there too.

Chapter 11 covers how to eat and Chapter 12 covers hunger and appetites.

Enjoy!

LaurieH
Better relationships. Better business. More life.

Hi LaurieH; and fellow travelers on the SOGR/SOBW highway.

On the SOBW forums Alexandra just brought up a thread questioning Wally's action items that you may find interesting. pThe thread oints out that he died at 52 of hookworm and at that point he was frail.

I do believe in the thinking part of SOBW, but have created my own action items based on what I believe! I also credit Alexandra's course as part of my healing from Prostate Cancer.

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Unfortunately, Kevsky, I have done both - but now instead of mindlessly repeating these things I can use these times to change direction, and it happens much more rarely now. Well, the money side I never do anymore because fortunately the meltdown was so devastating - perhaps I needed that to wake up. The food has become very specific i.e. I ate a caramel slice yesterday even though I suspected it would result in me feeling sick. Well, I did get an allergic reaction and I am glad because it will steer me in a better direction in future.

That's a big moment to realize, Pauline. We get wake up calls all the time and whenever we fall "asleep". And the I bet you are making full use of what the universe is telling you. I really feel that, in spite of the ups and downs, your journey is amazing because you have developed such resilience, and the moment you fully realize that any "bad" moment you have is really just an experience of a belief that something is "bad", you can shift your perspective to experience "good" any time you choose. and the twinkie idea, well, i think it's worth playing around with it!

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Isn't it "ALL" in our minds? If everything we experience and feel is a direct result of our thoughts then, in my opinion, the body has absolutely no power over us. It's just a shell that reacts to our thoughts.

Yes I think you are right, Richard,it's really radical and mind blowing to truly believe it. But then, we really have minds so powerful that it can "create" our experiences, what's possible is really up to us to believe, isn't it?

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By Richard; Isn't it "ALL" in our minds? If everything we experience and feel is a direct result of our thoughts then, in my opinion, the body has absolutely no power over us. It's just a shell that reacts to our thoughts.

Now if we all were 100 percent present with our thoughts then it wouldn't matter what foods we ate. It wouldn't matter if the foods were processed, natural, etc. I wonder if we would even have to exercise to have a strong lean body.

Just a thought.

Hi Richard and fellow travelers on the SOGR highway.

SOGR expects some type of action in order to recieve riches; by our thoughts we create what we want, by our actions we recieve what we want.

I believe that SOBW also expects some action in order to be healthy. Thinking stuff created our bodies scientifically; and part of that science is in our digestion system. Our stomach digests our food by acid; not with a blender. It makes sense to me that if food that is easy to digest is put on top of food that is hard to digest the food on top will start to rot.

I think that we can train our subconscious mind to control (override) the science, but I also think that it is easier to go with the flow (the science).

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I think that we can train our subconscious mind to control (override) the science, but I also think that it is easier to go with the flow (the science).

I love you reply Tom! Go with the flow! I like that

This is one of my favorite topics. I've become a raw foodist. I eat only raw food and can say that it has affected even my thoughts! I mean food is meant to nourish us isn't it? Food gives us what we need down to a cellular level.

Since I've changed to raw food, I've become more positive. I've become more aware of what I'm thinking and doing. I just feel plain happy, even if every body else is miserable.

People are astounded when I tell them my age - not because I've kind of de-aged but because my attitude is so playful. I put it to food.

Of course I still go out with my friends, but strangely enough I have more energy than them, and am having fun without alcohol. Okay so i still have a glass or 2 of wine some times. But the point is that I actually can enjoy myself without it.

I do believe that food contributes to who we are and what we think.

IT SEEMS SOME PEOPLE DON’T EAT AT ALL?

If any of you have read Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography Of A Yogi you know he talks about meeting and spending time with a couple women who did not eat for years. One was a devout Catholic woman who (if I recall correctly) lived in Germany. The other was a woman in India.

According to Paramahansa (and stories on the Internet) the Catholic woman was the subject of a very skeptical reporter from a German newspaper who stayed with her day and night for, I think it was two weeks. He was convinced that she did not ‘cheat’ and sneak food. This woman supposedly went for over thirty years without eating.

Today I came across an article of at least a few people who supposedly do not eat or have not eaten for years. Here’s the link:

Autotrophs

Maybe someone can post more on this subject, to either prove or disprove it.

Phil

Luigi Cornaro was born in 1467 and lived to be a 102. He was sick at 35 and made himself better by only eating 12 ounces of food a day. Apparently the body needs a lot of energy to digest food so in reality less is more. But yes sometimes food just tastes so darn good and that's why we want to eat it even if we aren't hungry.

I have read about people eating nothing and living. Everything is possible. Just goes to show how many varieties of life their are.

Hi Phil,

I have heard of a lot of people who have experimented with fasting, but not of not eating of drinking for as long periods as in your article. Wally had experimented with fasting and as his daughter indicated when he passed away at 52 he was quite frail.

I enjoy eating and feel that eating provides energy and muscle for us to live life to the MAX!

Hi Claudie;

I would think that eating raw food is the healthiest way to go! Going Vegan was pretty hard for my wife to understand; so I didn't go all the way!

I once read about a guru type of man who got his nutrition by staring at the sun? It was a specific time of day and he always did it with bare feet. I can't remember all the details, but I thought that was so bizarre and interesting at the same time. He also did not eat for years.

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I once read about a guru type of man who got his nutrition by staring at the sun?

Dawn,

I heard about him too, and went searching the web. I found a website for him.

http://solarhealing.com/

If you do a Google search by his name, Hira Ratan Manek, you’ll also see there’s an interesting 44 minute video interview of him. Supposedly he has been scientifically verified as not eating, at least for weeks at a time, and he now travels and lectures worldwide.

He has said that his original intention was only to acquire mental and physical health. He was formerly a businessman and had become very depressed about his business and such. But ‘one thing led to another’ and he learned of and studied the sun’s healing powers. He said he attained complete mental and physical health and happiness but as he went on he noticed he had less and less desire to eat. Finally, after some time, he no longer ate, and hasn’t eaten for years. (He occasionally has a tea or other drink.)

Supposedly, there is also a woman around 70, in Russia, who is also alive and well, and hasn’t eaten for years. And a man in India also.

So, supposedly, there are at least a few people, currently alive, who have not eaten for years.

Phil

Hmmmmmm......

Very interesting article on sun gazing! I did gaze at the sun this morning for 10 seconds as recommended for the first day.

I don't think that I would want to not eat; I enjoy eating and do feel that food provides energy and muscle. But the article is interesting and may have other benefits beyond just not eating.

Hi Tom,

I enjoy eating as well and I also enjoy cooking. I watch all the cooking shows on TV. One thing I learned a long time ago - the energy you put into food when you are preparing it has a big effect. Many people have said you must cook with love - then the food tastes better and it does more good.

When I studied Shiatsu and macrobiotics we were told to avoid machines because of the energies in them that go into the food. I spent a great weekend cutting carrots diagonally so as to honour the shape of the carrot. I must admit I hardly ever remember to do that now, but it did seem to make a difference. I think that was also a point made in the movie 'Like Water for Chocolate'.

Even with meat they say how the animal is killed makes a difference to the hormones in the flesh - if the animal is terrified and thrashing around then the meat will not be as good. Not that I know much about this process - or really want to even though I do eat meat.

just some musings
Pauline