Recently I went to the Nevada area. Although I am a typical healthy vegan and normally include a fair amount of whole foods in my diet…
…on this trip I did indulge in cuisine which might not be considered the most healthy. I consumed a variety of processed foods including some including onion rings and french fries as well.
It was temporarily great and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
On our return trip to Portland Audrey proclaimed “I want to do an eight day juicefast”. I was in! Audrey chose eight days because we will be going yet on another vacation albeit much shorter, a two day excursion to Great Wolf Lodge in Washington. It’s to celebrate our grandson’s 6th birthday. This would begin the day after the juicefast.
Today is Saturday August 2nd. This is the sixth day of the forementioned fast. I have and will continue to prepare all the juice. Audrey is doing well and I must say this is the best fast I have experienced to date myself.
On October 1st 2011 I did my very first juice fast for 26 days. Since then almost three years ago I have done two 5 day fasts and also a 9 day. Although I pretty much consumed the same amount and type of juices all these fasts were different. This latest fast has been my most pleasurable on a mental and spiritual level.
I have heard that some people do experience not only great physical benefits from juicefasting but also some speak of increased mental clarity and even feelings of spiritual type awakenings. On my prior fasts this was not the case for me personally.
This latest has been different. I have been feeling elevated states of goodwill and peace of mind. This I imagine is partially due to the fact I have already embarked on a personal spiritual journey of sorts about 3 months ago. I should clarify however I have always been on some kind of trek to improve my well being to a greater or lesser degree, but I really stepped up my efforts about 3 months ago.
Thanks to Audrey and her wanting to do the fast and me joining her I have continued to have greater realizations about self, love and my relationship to the material world. Her aspiration for increased health coupled with the flooding of my mind with the words of spiritual teachers and self improvement gurus has changed the landscape of my brain.
One particular spiritual teacher that I have come to know and admire greatly is James Allen. I consider him a true pioneer of the self improvement movement. Here is some of his writings in part.
WHEN great difficulties arise, and troubles beset, regard your perplexity as a call to deeper thought and more vigorous action. Nothing will attack you that you are not capable of overcoming; no problem will vex you that you cannot solve. The greater your trial, the greater your test of strength, and the more complete and triumphant your victory. However complicated your maze of confusion may be, there is a way out of it, and the finding of that way will exercise your powers to the utmost, and will bring out all your latent skill, energy, and resource. When you have mastered that which threatens to master you, you will rejoice in a new-found strength.
Knowing the Truth by practice, and being at one with Truth, you will be invincible, for Truth cannot be confounded or overthrown.
I love James Allen and all the other souls that are dedicated to the betterment of man. I am very grateful for all their work and the effort they have made in bringing such uplifting and practical advice for understanding ones true self.
Lately…while working, driving, at home and even sleeping I have been listening to James Allen’s “Above Life’s Turmoil” and also “The Power” by Rhonda Byrne from The Secret.
It’s so funny, just this morning I woke from a dream about some waitress in a coffee shop and she was speaking to me the words of James Allen, ha! I had fallen asleep with my earbuds in playing his CD.
I have been ingesting this stuff as much as 5 hours a days, including reading the works of Eckhart Tolle and Joe Dispenza to just mention a couple and I have to say it is helping me greatly.
This morning about 6am after my funny dream I thought about this juicefast Audrey and I were on and how wonderful it’s going and how great I was feeling. I lay there daydreaming about things and how I spend my waking hours…then I thought to myself, maybe I could do other kinds of fasts? That’s when I thought about facebook.
I think facebook is a tool, like money it can be used for good or not so good. Much like a hammer, you can build a house with it, or bash someone’s head in. Okay I admit that was a harsh example but you get the idea. Audrey is on facebook slightly, she finds it somewhat entertaining and she uses it to stay in contact with family and close friends. It’s a nice little tool for her and her personal enjoyment.
In other cases facebook can be a super positive thing where some can reach thousands with their positive messages and inspiration. Facebook can also consume a person and it can be severly addicting and time-consuming.
Facebook is not inherently good or bad and I also believe the same of the people who use it regardless of who they are and what they are using it for.
Having said all that I myself decided to experiment. So yeah… I thought to myself ,what if I did a facebook fast?
So I went in this morning and deactivated my account. I don’t know how long I will do this facebook fast, again it’s an experiment. I may return tomorrow, I may not. I didn’t even know how many so called friends I had on facebook. When I went in to deactivate it, it said “you have 895 friends that will miss you” The number is probably more around 17. ha!
I like facebook. But I have decided to use my prior facebook time to watch videos and read and listen to subjects that are akin to my journey of the mind, and my personal growth towards self realization. I also intend to curb my television and movie consumption as well which will give me even more time for myself. I am a giver, extremely generous in many ways, I have done a lot for many people family, friends and strangers as well. I love you all!
For the time being… I want to focus on myself… and my own spiritual journey.
scot douglas campbell 
