Loved this October 29, 2008

Got this in an email from The Garden Diet.com and loved it so thought I would share!

Quantum physics tells us that the space between the molecules is not nothing, but rather is energy. And that energy is the same in all things. Everything, everyone, contains this same energy – God! But it is when we focus on something with our consciousness that we actually merge with it, become one with it somehow, or rather become more conscious of this common energy of which we are all part , – that our energies join and the boundaries diminish. Therefore, if I focus on my uniqueness, I become more myself. If I focus on someone else, I become more like them. And if I focus on the God in me, I become more like the God in me!

In Joy!
Jinjee
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com

Vegan MEME survey October 11, 2008

Being vegan again is still taking some getting used to, but this time round it is a lot easier. Although I still haven’t solved the problem of what to do with the litre of goat’s milk in the freezer. But I feel being vegan has definitely made me more comfortable karmically speaking and I can’t really see myself going back now, unless I kept my own animals so I could guarantee they had been fed the right stuff, and been treated decently (although I don’t think I would know whether I would until I was actually in that situation). Only in the case of goats milk products and eggs. I’ll never ever eat meat. Yoinked this off Jeni’s blog. And am currently oogling all her lovely foodie photos. Mmmmm.

1. Name a song that involves food in some way.
i went to the market with my uncle jim, somebody threw a tomato at him…..

2. What criteria do you use when choosing a new cookbook to buy?
i havent bought a cookbook for yonks mainly because i rarely use them, and if i do they get covered in kitchen muck i.e flour! i scour the internet for recipes instead.

3. What did you eat today?
nothing but am planning on having strawberries for breakfast maybe in a smoothie with some chocolate powder.

4. Name a vegan food that you know exists but you have never tried.
soya cream

5. The Food Network just called and needs you to start your new show tomorrow. What will the title of the show be?
erm, not sure about this one.

6. Favorite hot sauce or other spicy condiment?
does vegan worchestershire (sp?) sauce count?

7. How old were you when you became vegetarian/vegan?
11 – vegetarian then a brief dalliance with veganism when i was 19, and now i am more able to commit to stuff, have turned vegan again at 24. a lot easier the second time around!

8. Favorite vegan cheeze?
don’t tend to buy it. i made some rather nice sunflower seed cheese.

9. Cutest baby animal?
mice!

10. Favorite type of jam/jelly/marmalade/preserves?
raspberry jam!

11. Do you take any vitamins/supplements?
if i remember i take a green powder which contains sprouted greens and seaweeds. only because im useless at sprouting seeds and they either get forgotten or rot on the windowsill.

12. What food/dish most embodies the Fall season?
Squash soup!

13. What food would you have a hard time living without?
tomatoes, especially any sun dried tomato product.

14. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?
hot chocolate!

15. It’s 10PM and you’re starving. What do you eat?
marmite on toast.

16. If you have an animal companion, what is his/her favorite food?
my cat lives with my parents because they have a bigger grassier garden. she likes anything fish related.

17. Worst injury you’ve gotten in the kitchen?
my husband had sharpened the knives and i sliced my hand with it. still have the scar!

18. When you have a food-related question, who do you call?
probably the Isher’s!

19. Summer is ending- What food will you miss most?
broadbeans and strawberries

20. What snacks do you keep in your purse/backpack/desk at work?
nuts, seeds, dried fruit and some naughty sweeties.

21. Favorite soup to make on a rainy day?
Squash soup, or lentil soup.

22. What’s your favorite combination of fresh vegetable and/or fruit juices?

Carrot juiced either with apple or pear.

23. Favorite brand of root beer?
Hate the stuff.

24. Make your own question
What’s the un-vegan food you miss the most?
I’ll stick with Jeni’s question. I miss goats cheese the most.

Positive Thinking October 1, 2008

It is amazing how just changing your thought patterns slightly can have a profound effect. For example, I had a blood test this morning and have had it booked for a week and a half. I hate blood tests, having had some pretty nasty experiences as a child so was petrified, every time I thought about this appointment I felt faint, sick and went all clammy. It got to last night, I went to bed early so I would be well rested and on time for my appointment and suddenly started feeling very faint, broke out into a sweat and generally feeling petrified!! I thought I’d never get to sleep like this, so started repeating over and over again ‘the blood test will be fine, the blood test will be fine’ Within a couple of repetitions, I felt my heart beat going back to normal, I felt less sick and was ready to go to sleep within five minutes. This morning, I did the same thing on the walk to the hospital and apart from my hands going a little clammy as I walked into the clinic I was absolutely fine. In fact I dread to think what I would’ve been like if I’d given into my fear – probably passed out on the floor in a pool of sweat and vomit! Ick!

My husband and I have both been engrossed in the Ringing Cedars series by Vladimir Megre. I’ve mentioned them on here before, but they are definitely worthwhile several more mentions as I am amazed by the difference in people after reading these books. I am currently waiting to for book 5 to arrive (should be today!) My husband says that whilst reading them, he finds himself breathing more deeply, feeling calmer and being able to distance himself more from little niggles that usually affect his mood. Luckily for both of us we have jobs were we can read at work and reading these books makes a massive difference to the enjoyment of our shifts! I can’t explain it but just reading the books are a spiritual experience and I encourage anyone to give them a go. You can’t buy them in mainstream bookshops but sometimes they are available on Amazon Marketplace, or you can get them from Funky Raw or Detox Your World. If only enough people read them, I can really see a revolution brewing. Already in Russia (where the books are from originally) there is a large Ringing Cedars movement and many of the predictions in the books are becoming realities. On a more personal level, reading these books and discussing them has brought myself and my husband even closer, it is easy for us just to sit here for hours discussing the ideas and how we could bring them about.

Anyway, having spent last night pondering the origins of universe and the purpose of mankind, then spending the morning being tourniqueted and bled, it’s my day off and I’m going to rearrange the kitchen!

If you want a giggle, check out this programme (it’s only on BBCiPlayer until Saturday I think) one of the ‘hippy panel’ is Billy – The Undercover Hippy – one of my favourite musicians, who I’ve met a couple of times at Glastonbury! It’s a bit cringy in places but it’s quite cute really. Scene Stealers