Oneness

Oneness is our ability to be one with something yet a completely different being.
Today I will be talking about our oneness with our surroundings and our environment as a whole with a focus in Holistic Nutrition.

In buddhism we learn that we are all connected by energy. This is true considering we are all basically made of the same stuff. All the trace elements, and biochemical reactions. We depend on our surroundings for sustainability. According to scientific thought we all evolved from a one single cell organism. This was due possible thanks to all the other organisms that helped create Oxygen and compose our atmosphere. Without plants we wouldn't be able to breath and without animals we wouldn't be able to have a controlled and balanced environment. Even the smallest members of our ecosystems bacteria and viruses are important for our survival or balance. It wouldn't be a shock that by altering this excellently balanced system we will see changes in our surroundings.

Our body is also a balanced system composed of many reactions that help us survive.
A wise women (Nutritionist) ones told me that we are what we eat. Honestly I was 15 when she told me this and I couldn't really get a grip on it. Until one day (18th Birthday) I had an epiphany. Every time I consumed an alcoholic beverage I would see an immediate (30min) reaction. My vision would become foggy, my ideas simply rushed in and out of my head, you tend to feel numb and you become "buzzed" and this is just from 3 Long Islands which don't even constitute 1/3 of what we consume on a daily basis. So this is when I noticed that its completely true. What we consume has a direct and quick effect on our biochemical reactions.
Diabetics tend to know this more than anyone considering there glucose monitoring.

And its a sad truth that we don't have the knowledge to make healthy conscious decisions when it comes to our dietary patterns.

I encourage you to go out to your grocery store and pick only fresh or frozen produce like fruits and vegetables. Limit your consumption of salty foods which most of them tend to be canned goods. Avoid baked goods except for whole wheat bread. Drink mostly water even tho I find a cup of apple juice in the morning to be very refreshing and awakening. Instead of going to a fast food for lunch, why not bring food from home. Enjoy a nice baked fish with vegetables. Or baked vegetables with a side of fruit.

Nature is the best nutritionist, find items that arent processed and are closest to nature. !

Enjoy Life to the Fullest and remember to always Listen to your body and your surroundings ;)

Medicine at its Roots

Medicine is an intricate part of society. Without it we would give in to Disease and Pre-mature death. Thanks to our (US/PR) Public and Environmental Health system we don't come in to the ER with conditions that are the #1 killers in the world like Water Poisoning and Malnutrition. But in a world full of commodity and flashy colored pills and liquids we have lost the true nature of what really was to be healthy and in the Physicians stance, what really meant to be a Healer. In todays pharmaceutical industry millions of dollars are spent on Biological, Chemical and Physical Research to find the next new 'Drug". Many of these miracle pills usually had a plant base but sadly the line of medications that we have been given for 20+ years are purely artificial. Our bodies are divine ! We have been created to create and to survive. Our bodies defenses are to admire and "aww" at. We can withstand millions of daily attacks of Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Parasites. If it weren't for our divine bodies we would literally be sick daily or not last very long in this planet.

As Napoleon ones said :" Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia."

Our Creator has given us an Environment compiled of all that we need to survive. The Sun gives us energy, plants give us food and Medicine and our Knowledge has given us the power to thrive and to conquer and we have become the Largest Species of this planet and not to mention the ones who "Control it".

We must try to ween ourselves from a lifestyle full of drugs, processed foods, and unhealthy habits to reach an optimal level of consciousness and health.

Just because we Control the Planet doesn't mean we Own It !

A simple exercise that helps me get in tune with my inner self and with all the external factors that compromise our home called Earth, is to STOP, CLOSE YOUR EYES, BREATH, and LISTEN... Listen to your surroundings, listen to the wind, listen to the animals, listen to yourself ! Ones you have Listened you can now Speak, you can now Act, and you can now Be.

Healthy habits like holding a Natural Diet, "Green" Living, Humanitarianism, Sharing, Helping, and Listening make all the Difference when it comes to Health and your place in the Circle of Life.

So always remember to Listen before Speaking !

God Bless U All !