fresh Wrote:
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> >You obviously were just playing? You are always
> baiting to annoy me like that.
>
> you wouldn't last long as a fish.
> maybe arnstein would eat you.
>
> > Since you missed it I'll type it again slowly
> for you... the substance was this - start your own
> fake raw fruit festival if you want to have it
> your way
>
> It was just a couple thoughts to compromise and be
> more inclusive. I really am stumped as to why you
> feel a need to respond like that, except that you
> feel a need to jump on anything I say.

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> fresh Wrote:
> I really am stumped


I've noticed that. A lot. Now run along and leave me alone.

[www.youtube.com]

substance...

NOT this

> > Since you missed it I'll type it again slowly
> for you... the substance was this - start your own
> fake raw fruit festival if you want to have it
> your way


THIS

>>You are apparently unable to discern any difference between eating sushi who knows how many times (could be 1, who knows?) and Harley eating cooked every day?

jumping on arnstein even though you know nothing.

SueZ, I agree, no one should point out at the other for doing this or that if he himself isn't doing the right thing. One should look at his mistake first, then see the others' mistakes. And that goes for anything, not only for this particular situation we are talking about.

This is why I don't blindly do what others do. Even if I do follow them on Youtube as I'm interested in their evolution, this doesn't mean that I take for granted everything they do. I follow them all, but I choose what's best for me from all of them, I use the information that helps me evolve and reach my goals. I don't believe in the idea of a raw vegan guru/leader anymore, though I must admit that to me it sounded like a good idea when I first got interested in the raw vegan lifestyle, as I had someone to look up to and guide me along the way, build up my confidence and my trust, encourage me to try this lifestyle.

But given all the facts, nowadays it all comes down to being your own leader and following your intuition. The one guiding you must be your body. By communicating with your body every time, you understand how this diet works for you and what changes you have to make in order to reach your optimal health. All the today's raw leaders should be just a source of interesting ideas that you might try if they are good enough for you, and not the essential source of information. The true information about ourselves lies within us.

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Raw vegan for life. Vegan for the animals. Raw for my health.

On the subject of falling off the raw vegan wagon:

It seems to me that a RV diet is much easier to stick to when we include sufficient fats - especially in the form of whole foods like avocado, coconut, nuts and seeds.

According to contemporary science, we need fats to help us absorb essential fat-soluble vitamins: A, D, E, and K. (among other reasons).

Thankfully, the rest of the planet's herbivores don't need such information. They just eat these foods because they taste/feel good.

Anyway, just my 2 cents and humble opinion; because personally, I know I get really hungry when I don't have my chia and sunflower seeds or whatever. If it weren't for those foods, I'd probably be eating vegan pizzas like Harley and Freelee.

Here's my chia and sunflower thing that I really love for breakfast (after a few bananas):

Soak 1/4 C chia in 1-1/4 C water and stir well. Let thicken for an hour. Blend 1/4 C sunflower seeds with enough water for sunflower seed milk (Don't bother straining the milk, but blend it well). Pour the sunflower seed milk over half the chia, and have the rest of the chia later or the next day (with more sunflower seed milk). I go crazy for this in the morning. Pleased to say I'm totally addicted.

suncloud Wrote:
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> On the subject of falling off the raw vegan
> wagon:
>
> It seems to me that a RV diet is much easier to
> stick to when we include sufficient fats -
> especially in the form of whole foods like
> avocado, coconut, nuts and seeds.
>
> According to contemporary science, we need fats to
> help us absorb essential fat-soluble vitamins: A,
> D, E, and K. (among other reasons).
>
> Thankfully, the rest of the planet's herbivores
> don't need such information. They just eat these
> foods because they taste/feel good.
>
> Anyway, just my 2 cents and humble opinion;
> because personally, I know I get really hungry
> when I don't have my chia and sunflower seeds or
> whatever. If it weren't for those foods, I'd
> probably be eating vegan pizzas like Harley and
> Freelee.
>
> Here's my chia and sunflower thing that I really
> love for breakfast (after a few bananas):
>
> Soak 1/4 C chia in 1-1/4 C water and stir well.
> Let thicken for an hour. Blend 1/4 C sunflower
> seeds with enough water for sunflower seed milk
> (Don't bother straining the milk, but blend it
> well). Pour the sunflower seed milk over half the
> chia, and have the rest of the chia later or the
> next day (with more sunflower seed milk). I go
> crazy for this in the morning. Pleased to say I'm
> totally addicted.

I agree with you. Also, fat creates a feeling of being satiated.

Congratulations to Kristina for her 9-year FullyRaw-versary the other day. Quite an accomplishment!

He makes his money selling diamonds. Are you aware that the diamond trade is not very "nice?" So if we're good in past lives we get to come back and exploit poor people and rape the land for our own benefit?

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> Prana Wrote:
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> > Mike is much more conscious than Harley.
>
> I feel Mike is a pretty special man. I feel he has
> done much good in previous lives and has come to
> this planet as a vacationer to help others. He
> seems to have a comfortable life and be able to
> live well on high fruit diets, and this puts him
> in a unique category. To me he decided to come to
> this planet to give mankind an important message
> that we can live on high fruit diets when we have
> reached a certain level of evolvement. He may not
> meditate and act divine because he has forgotten
> who he is, but he seems to have earned major
> points in previous lives to be able to do what he
> does. I have good respect for him and will
> continue to follow this nice man with much
> interest.
>
> I still think he needs to be careful in promoting
> the lifestyle he does because not everyone can do
> what Mike does. But l guess he shows what is
> possible when you reach a certain point, ie, he is
> playing a role in awakening the subconsciousness
> of mankind.
>
> Bravo Mike...may the glory continue to shine upon
> you, and may your light continue to shine from
> within. I definitely have a soft spot for this
> fruitarian.
>
> Regards The Fruitarian: The Sproutarian.

HH Wrote:
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> He makes his money selling diamonds.


Indian Sapphires. After Princess Dianna choose a sapphire engagement ring the Co. took off into the stratosphere.



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SueZ Wrote:
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> HH Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > He makes his money selling diamonds.
>
>
> Indian Sapphires. After Princess Dianna choose
> a sapphire engagement ring the Co. took off into
> the stratosphere.


"“I called my wife and said, ‘Honey, I’m not coming home tonight!’ ” said Michael Arnstein, the CEO of New York’s Natural Sapphire Co. “We’re in a frenzy. This is changing our business overnight.”


[www.today.com]

I seem to recall hearing that Indian diamond mines use a lot of child labor but am too lazy to look it up right now. I'm not judging Arnstein. Whatever he does, he does. I'm just questioning this good behavior/karma stuff put forth by the person who's claiming that someone who did a lot of good in past lives would get rewarded with a lucrative job in the vanity trade. It's weird to me how the new age mind always seems to stop digging when its convenient. Truth rarely plays a factor.

SueZ Wrote:
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> HH Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > He makes his money selling diamonds.
>
>
> Indian Sapphires. After Princess Dianna choose
> a sapphire engagement ring the Co. took off into
> the stratosphere.



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HH Wrote:
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> I seem to recall hearing that Indian diamond mines
> use a lot of child labor but am too lazy to look
> it up right now. I'm not judging Arnstein.
> Whatever he does, he does. I'm just questioning
> this good behavior/karma stuff put forth by the
> person who's claiming that someone who did a lot
> of good in past lives would get rewarded with a
> lucrative job in the vanity trade.
>
> SueZ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > HH Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > He makes his money selling diamonds.
> >
> >
> > Indian Sapphires. After Princess Dianna
> choose
> > a sapphire engagement ring the Co. took off
> into
> > the stratosphere.

Well you probably missed it but the fruit fly posse have already chased him off this site. He's gone.


* Not Indian but Sri Lanka, the former Ceylon, is where the sapphires come from. Sorry about that.



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HH Wrote:
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> [www.ucanews.com]
> g-child-labor-in-sri-lankas-gem-mines/69505


Inexcusable. So much for caring about people more than animals, eh?



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Prana Wrote:
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> Mike is much more conscious than Harley.


I don't think so.

What does "conscious" even mean in this context?

SueZ Wrote:
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> Prana Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Mike is much more conscious than Harley.
>
>
> I don't think so.

HH Wrote:
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> What does "conscious" even mean in this context?
>
> SueZ Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Prana Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Mike is much more conscious than Harley.
> >
> >
> > I don't think so.


Well, as for me, I was thinking in the context of being aware of what one is doing and it's wider implications.


Isn't it kind of weird, though, that if Princess Dianna's mother hadn't had a sapphire that Dianna got sentimental over and had picked a different color of corundum for her ring there probably would never have been a WFF and this whole brouhaha might never have had the opportunity to occur?

And what about Princess Di's level of consciousness? Kids must have been working the mines then, too. Maybe Di somehow subconsciously grasped that and it made a transformed reentrance into her awareness when she consciously decided to campaign against those other mines.

So does that mean MA is like totally rich?

banana who Wrote:
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> So does that mean MA is like totally rich?


Not at all.

Arnstein is beautiful. I love looking at him.