The glories of going raw vegan and losing 100's of lbs was great for me. I've been at if for 3 years in january. I tried it for the health benefits and it is great mentally and physically.

But, now that my weight has plateaued and the clarity of thought has minimal improvements I wanna know where to go next.

I'm the kind of person that hates when the roller coaster ride has come to an end.

Yes, I could exercise more and tweak things further but I get bored so easily. Some of the tweaks I would like to make are shelved because of poor location, money, and resources. Let's not make too many excuses though.

So, now I'm trying to get more involved in the conscientious aspects of veganism and that is helping some.

I'm not saying I'm quitting the lifestyle at all, I just need some inspiration.

Has anybody else put in a good amount of time and had trouble refocusing?

david

dvdai Wrote:
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> So, now I'm trying to get more involved in the
> conscientious aspects of veganism and that is
> helping some.
>
> I'm not saying I'm quitting the lifestyle at all,
> I just need some inspiration.
>
> Has anybody else put in a good amount of time and
> had trouble refocusing?

For me, what began as a health journey has become a spiritual journey. 100% raw vegan is now the fuel for my spiritual connection with the universe.

I am grateful to Viktoras Kulvinskas for including quotes from "The Essene Gospel of Peace" in his classic book, "Survival into the 21st Century." "The Essene Gospel of Peace" is IMO the ultimate health and spiritual guide.

Where do you live? What do you do for work? What would you like to do for others? What do you still want to learn?

There is a lot of suffering in the world & will be much more in the future. Mistrust, misinformation, misallocation of resources, restlessness that most satisfy via self-destructive avenues.

Do you have children or a spouse? If so you have some responsibility to them (though if you're rich like Buddha you may still have wide open options). If not, your possibilities are limited mainly by your imagination & your pocketbook.

dang if i was where you are now , id be enjoying just coasting on autopilot as far at the food thing goes , sounds like you got it all under control

id be looking into learning new things, expanding my spiritual horizons, maybe starting up teaching people stuff i already know



...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist

communitybuilder Wrote:
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> Where do you live? What do you do for work? What
> would you like to do for others? What do you
> still want to learn?
>
> There is a lot of suffering in the world & will be
> much more in the future. Mistrust,
> misinformation, misallocation of resources,
> restlessness that most satisfy via
> self-destructive avenues.
>
> Do you have children or a spouse? If so you have
> some responsibility to them (though if you're rich
> like Buddha you may still have wide open options).
> If not, your possibilities are limited mainly by
> your imagination & your pocketbook.

I live in south dakota, usa. I work at a group home for mainly austic people. I am in nursing school,entering my second semester.

I'm hoping nursing will take me to a warmer climate.

So, I don't make much money but have high hopes to get out there through nursing.

I play in a band that means a great deal to me. So making music is important and I try to do that as much as I can.

Buddhism is something that I would like to learn more about actually. I hope I can do this. Nursing school is quite taxing with my time.

I guess I wasn't looking for answer because I generally know where to look. I like being out on the road or traveling in general and the restlessness is getting to me. Winters here are cold and long, but I imagine many have it much worse.

david