{"id":46,"date":"2008-03-11T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T18:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natashasworld.com\/journal\/2008\/03\/11\/a-detox-the-ego-and-a-new-earth\/"},"modified":"2008-03-11T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-11T18:27:24","slug":"a-detox-the-ego-and-a-new-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natashasworld.com\/journal\/2008\/03\/11\/a-detox-the-ego-and-a-new-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Detox, the Ego and a New Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> I know that as a woman I should embrace the natural cycles that my body goes through, but I hate menstrual cramps. My cycle is just finishing up, and I popped more advils this past week then  ever before. In my quest for a cure, I stumbled upon a blog post titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/therawdivas.com\/blog\/?cat=22\" title=\"The Low, Down and Dirty About Cooked Foods\" target=\"_blank\">The Low, Down and Dirty About Cooked Foods<\/a>&#8221; from The Raw Divas site. In that post Tera says that after going raw she stopped having pms and cramps&#8230; could she be on to something?? With this in mind, I decided to try their <a href=\"http:\/\/therawdivas.com\/\" title=\"The Raw Diva's 7 Day Detox\" target=\"_blank\">7 Day Detox<\/a>. It&#8217;s totally free to do and challenging as heck for someone like me who loves cooked foods. I officially started yesterday, and I can already hear my ego voice trying to convince me that I should quit. It&#8217;s starting to win. *Sigh*<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230; I think the break from cooked food has got me thinking some more on what may be the real cause of my cramps. Maybe this is my ego&#8217;s attempt at looking for a way out of becoming a raw vegan :P&#8230; The more I think about it, I&#8217;m almost positive that caffeine and dairy are the major culprits. I can give up caffeine and dairy, just not sure I&#8217;m ready to totally give up all cooked foods yet. Nice going ego.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of ego, I also decided to start reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0452289963?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=natashaswor04-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0452289963\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose\">A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life&#8217;s Purpose <\/a> by Eckhart Tolle and to follow along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.oprah.com\/index.jhtml\" title=\"Oprah Winfrey\" target=\"_blank\">Oprah and Eckhart&#8217;s Monday night classes<\/a>.  I&#8217;m just finishing up chapter 2 and I must say, it&#8217;s a lot to grasp. He speaks quite a bit about the dysfunction of identifying ourselves with our ego and all the many things that it wants and needs. As I read this book, I can&#8217;t help but to think that maybe I&#8217;m not quite awakened yet. Or maybe that&#8217;s what my ego wants me to believe&#8230; Nonetheless, I intend to read the entire book and follow along with the classes. I find that I comprehend the book better after I watch the videos.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, I gotta go. &#8216;Til next time. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that as a woman I should embrace the natural cycles that my body goes through, but I hate menstrual cramps. My cycle is just finishing up, and I popped more advils this past week then ever before. 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