Create Our World

If you are interested in your health, this article is for you.

The Master Cleanse

I am about to finish a shortened version of a Master Cleanse and I have learned much, check out the end.

For the past 3 days (actually 2 days and 23 hours and 37 minutes now), I have been resisting the temptation to eat tasty foods.  Instead, I have been drinking a very strong potion between 6 and 12 times a day to meet my caloric needs and to cleanse out my body.

The Master Cleanse Potion:

1/2 squeezed organic lemon juice

2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper

2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup (then switched to Raw Organic Blue Agave Syrup)

8 ounces of pure water (my Brita water will have to do)

I also have been drinking a Salt Water Wash, which is just a big class of water with 2 tablespoons of salt, 2 times a day (read on at your own risk!) that basically clears you out…. if you know what I mean.

Why the Master Cleanse?

Honestly, I have been feeling sluggish and sleepy.  More so, than I would like.  I have talked to a lot of people about eating healthier, especially only eating raw foods.  I want to give it a try for 30 days and I really want to do it right.  So I researched a cleanse to do at the start of the diet, to clean out the toxins from my body (which I definitely have a lot from eating at all those gas stations for the past year.)

Mixed Reviews on the Master Cleanse

Although there were mixed reviews on the internet, I had to see for myself.  I must say that I am very happy with the experience and will do it again… maybe even soon and a little longer.  However, I am not recommending it, you are going to have to make your own decision.

I will share with you what I have learned though.

Lessons from the Master Cleanse

1.  You can go much longer without food than you think.

It has been three days and although the syrup has provided much of the calories that I have needed, I feel remarkably unhungry (only 11 minutes to go though and I am still going to eat when it has been 3 days on the button).

2.  I feel more in tune with my body.

I am able to ‘feel’ more of my body and experience my whole body.  I can feel my internal organs more and other parts of my body that I don’t usually think of as me.

3.  You will think crazy things when you are hungry.

I can see why people steal when they are hungry.  I probably would.  There was a piece of pizza in my fridge from Mr. Pizza, a local pizza place.  Inside was a slice of dried up cheese pizza, that I kept taunting me every time I opened the fridge to grab my water for another potion.  Also, there was an almond sitting on the floor that was looking extremely tempting.

4.  I can’t wait to eat fruits and vegtables!

It has set the stage well for a raw diet, because eating at all will be a step up.  We will see if this continues.

5.  Lemon juice, cayenne pepper, and syrup ain’t all bad.

Do you have any experience with the Master Cleanse or with a Raw Diet?

Share your experiences in the comments and keep rocking the world!

Benjamin

Ps.  I have 5 minutes to go!!!

Linda, Jessie, Jess, Kate, Stephanie, and I take the plunge in Portland, Maine

Hello friends,

So, it is Over….

But not really.

I am in Portland, Maine and am about to hitchhike back towards Michigan.

I am told that I should feel a sense of accomplishment.  I don’t feel that.  I am told I have seen and done things that most will never see or do.  I know this, but it doesn’t change how I feel now.

Right now, I just feel mildly melancholy.

I also feel an irresistible urge to deactivate my facebook account, close my computer, and stow away my camera.

So I am going to.  It is a little early.  I said I would write everyday for a year and I am few weeks shy.

I just don’t have anything else to say.  And I trust myself that it is best for me and everyone, to just shut up for awhile.

On second thought, here are a few things I picked up over the past year:

*People are not all good.  We are both.  All of us.

*A lot of people are really scared.  Me too, sometimes.

*When you live your dreams, it is not perfect.  You still get sad, angry, etc.  You just feel more alive.  More tingly and smiley. You start to understand what all those mysterious artists were talking about in their quotes.

*There is no end.  No chair to sit in and rest and feel like you will never have troubles again.

*It all matters and it all doesn’t.

*You can’t have anything you have ever dreamed.  But you can have more than you think.

*If you aren’t living how you want, you can change.  And please do.  It is hard to be in your presence.  If you don’t know how, there are people that will help.  Just ask.

*If you are living how you want.  Thank you.  You nourish me.

*Other people can teach you much.  But you have to learn for yourself.

*It feels better to be loving than to feel anything else.  You can feel loving more and if you don’t know how, keep asking people.  You will eventually find someone that can teach you.

*Life is so funny!!! Even when it hurts… actually, more funny, when it hurts.  If you are avoiding the hurt, you are really missing out.  Seriously.

*I miss being challenged and people telling me the truth.

I am sure I could come up with more, but you will be fine without it.

No, I have one more thing to say.

I love you.

Till I have something else to say,

Benjamin

Ps.  If this was a buzzkill for you, here is short poem I read recently that made me smile;

“Your life is your life

don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.

be on the watch.

there are ways out.

there is light somewhere.

it may not be much light but it

beats the darkness.

be on the watch.

the gods will offer you

chances.

know them, take them.

you can’t beat death but

you can beat death

in life,

sometimes.

and the more often you

learn to do it,

the more light there will

be.

your life is your life,

know it while you have

it.

you are marvelous

the gods wait to delight

in

you.

See the poster here.  It is a beaut.

My friend, Angela and I walk around our Nation's Capitol together.

“Do not think that love , in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.  What we need is to love without getting tired.” – Mother Teresa

Meet Angela.

Angela and I worked at a school in Virginia together.  We are much different, but get along well.  

Angela has a daily planner that is color coded and she can make her own hummus.  She works at a single mother shelter near Washington DC.  

Angela and I stroll through Washington DC together and take many photographs.  It is good to see her again.

Create Our World.

Ben

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa