Fast: Day 10

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Fast: Day 10

The experience of fasting for the second time this year has centered my spirit on January of this year. 

With The Peace Poets, we had the profound opportunity to walk and march with Witness Against Torture in Washington, D. C. to demand the release of the men imprisoned in a U. S. torture site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All men there have one thing in common: they are being unjustly detained for being Muslim. It is the true war of terror that has been waged so strongly on our Muslim family and extends to people of color, womxn, "undocumented" people, Palestinians, and all marginalized and affected in the efforts by the U. S. to expand its violent empire, founded on genocide, displacement, and slavery. 

We fasted together for about 7 days with different folks going at their pace. I brought with me about $50 worth of fruits and vegetables that I had prepared to juice to give me the energy I needed to walk with these beautiful warriors of love. 

I guess this is a good opportunity to speak a little about which foods in particular I was selecting to juice. In my studies exploring the African Bio-Mineral Balance presented to the Brooklyn Supreme Court in 1988, Alfredo Bowman (Dr. Sebi), explained that hybrid foods produce starch and that the chemical breakdown of these foods become acidic in the body causing all diseases. 

Hybrid Foods &  Grafting

Hybrid foods came to the world through a culture of migration and displacement, the domestication of agriculture and animals, and the genetic modification of food. Hybrids are produced through a process called grafting. So what is grafting? 

In nature, when two young trees grow too close too each, if they remain within the same species, they at times will be able to merge together at the stem and produce a new plant. This is nature's perfect selection and choice to allow the plant to grow so long as the two plants maintain within the same species, have the proper mineral balance in the soil, and adequate moisture/ water and light. To further illustrate this point, some seeds for example, nature will not allow to grow in certain terrains, temperatures, etc., sometimes they won't grow even if the environment appears to be similar. We can look at the coqui frog from Puerto Rico that will not be able to survive if taken out of the island. 

Human grafting is the unnatural process of genetically modifying organisms by using starch to force two plants to produce new and unnatural plants. People, through observation and experimentation with nature, began taking the rootstock of one plant, and the scion of another (the leaves, flower, or fruit being selected for its genes) and they would bind these two together with starch. This process leads to the forced birth of an inorganic plant that contains starch as its base. 

Starch & Our pH Balance

So what is the big deal with starch anyway? Starch is made from glucose, the blood sugar of plants. When a fruit is made with starch as its base it is completely poisonous to the human body. Starch contains cyanide. 

We measure the human body according to the pH balance from 0 - 14. 7 is the neutral point between acidity and alkalinity. Anything ranging from 0 - 6.9 is acidic while anything ranging from 7 - 14 is not only alkaline- but it is the sacred range for all the foods that our PachaMama naturally creates for us in nature. 

All foods created by the Earth, by our planet, without human intervention, must necessarily fall between 7 - 14 on the pH balance. 

It is through this scientific method, using the pH balance that we can be certain if a food has been made by humans or made by Goddess! If it is alkaline, Goddess made it! If it is acidic- it surely had human intervention and is guaranteed to be acidic.

All foods that have starch in the them as a base are poisonous, acidic, manmade, and genetically modified. 

But I'm already a Vegetarian/ Vegan...

This is a critical distinction to be made because many people typically think of nutrition in 4 general categories at best: carnivores/ meat eaters, vegetarians, raw foodists, and vegans. 

If we use logic to explore these categories, however, we will come to learn that people from all categories will have a range of better/ worst health, different ranges of longevity, and different levels of energy. The hypothesis to be assumed and proposed is that none of those diets are actually efficient for literally ALL bodies since some bodies have varying genetic predispositions. It also seems something is missing in our fundamental understanding of our food consumption and health. 

The issue is that all of those diets actually still consist of a couple common denominators. The first and most dangerous is starch, sugar (which is also hybridized), meat/ blood, and dairy.

Today I will only touch on starch based foods. 

I had the idea for most of my life that if it came from the ground... then it had to be natural, right? Organic... because it didn't have any pesticides... and wasn't a monsanto super seed that would grow stronger, faster, and cause tumors while it destroyed the land and the people... right? lol

Not quite.

The truth of the matter is that through the process of grafting humans have introduced an innumerable amount of so-called "foods" to society. We have culturally grown up eating these things are not able to distinguish real food or natural and organic food from manmade food. And how can we when we have not been taught this knowledge? We have been ignorant of the history of manmade foods, had our history from foods in accord with our genetic structure almost destroyed, and have had a diet forced on nations through the process of genocide, slavery, and mass domesticated agriculture that has been enforced by the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry. 

And the answer is quite simple, it has always been in front of our faces. But I will speak more about this on the next post. The answer is Minerals by the way, I wouldn't make you hold out lol

NOT MY RICE AND BEANS: Real food vs Manmade Food.

So let's get to the juicy stuff!!! What foods are real and what is manmade?

Well a carrot for example is not made from Goddess. A carrot is a hybrid! It is a cross between a wild yam (yarrow) and Queen Anne's Lace. Together, this starch monster produces an inorganic root known as the carrot. The carrot when measured in the pH balance is necessarily acidic. It contains starch and therefore cyanide as its base. 

I came into extreme shock coming to find that most of the stuff I thought was "healthy" and natural were hybrids!! The list goes on from beets, plantains, yuca, cassava, rice and beans (except wild rice and garbanzo beans), and so forth. 

Many of these "foods" specifically cassava, and rice & beans were all grafted and designed to maintain the new displaced population of African slaves fed cheaply also ruining indigenous lands (acquired through genocide and settler colonialism) and natural diets in accord and alignment with Goddess' alkaline arrangement. The pastas we love to eat are cyanide sandwiches slowly breaking down our bodies.

Our Deviation from Nature...

The issue again is that these "foods" do not follow the cosmic design of nature. We have literally been fed lies. Fed poison. However, this is not a blame game. We know that by the time people migrated to Egypt, there was a deviation with our natural consumption from our cross referencing with different holy texts referencing repetitively that "the herbs shall be used for the healing of the nations."

Garlic which was made by the Egyptians is another hybrid food. I know, so sad, ! So the goal is to acknowledge our history and the history of violence so that we can get to a place of healing and accountability not erasure, disease, ailment, and psychological disorder. 

So you are probably wondering, well then, what the heck did you eat??! It seems like everything is starch based, what are you eating just air and water? Well for the moment, yes, I am only drinking water and air lol, plus a few minerals ;) necessary for my body's motor functions to be at balance.

The Mucus Membrane & The Four Deadly Venoms

Before I get to the foods, and I promise I will, it's also essential for us to understand what acidity does to the body. When we have acid in the body it starts overproducing mucus. Now we already have mucus in us, the problem follows when our mucus membrane is compromised. Our body is comparable to an engine. There are 3 things we must take care to protect this engine of ours and ensure its maximum efficiency. They are:

Short Circuit

Obstruction

Overheating

When our mucus membrane is compromised excess mucus causes all of this in the body. Mucus is acidic. Acidity deteriorates the body. Furthermore, this mucus compromise causes the deprivation of oxygen to the brain. In future posts, I will speak more on the C-H-O chain and what the body needs to maintain its motor functions. 

So the key in choosing alkaline foods is deeply connected to the balance and regulation of the mucus membrane. In fact, when the mucus membrane is balanced it is impossible for any disease to exist in the human body. This ranges from the common cold to HIV/ AIDS, dementia, alzheimer's, diabetes, and any cancer imaginable. Those "diseases" are all acidic in nature, and require an acidic-free or mucus reduced diet to bring the body into equilibrium. In future posts, we will discuss the different schools of medicine and see how they compare to these statements.

ALKALINE FOOD!!!

Some of the foods and nutrition I was able to enjoy during that wonderful fast with Witness Against Torture in January 2017 included the following SEEDED foods: apples, blueberries, watermelons, raspberries, kale, lemon, papaya, cantaloupe, ginger, pear, grapes, honeydew, peaches, and zucchini (foods without seeds are evidence of their hybrid nature such as seedless grapes and seedless pineapples).

The juices were so delicious! It took me a good 8 hours over the weekend to make take the time to cut through these gems and chop up the beautiful goodness Mother has made perfectly for us. The flavors were so sweet, I can still taste them now! 

And as I do I reflect on those days, I think about some of the things that a few of my comrades had access to drink. V8's, gatorades, "natural fruit" juices, milk, synthetic milks, energy drinks, coffee, and teas. We have all been indoctrinated with these things as safe for our consumption, but a glass of soy milk is just as detrimental to our bodies as "organic" milk. They do not have the proper chemical affinity for your bodies. Organic cow milk is designed for organic baby cows. But cows are not organic either! And that's for another post!

Reflection

It was a beautiful time, and now that I am on a fast of spring water, and Harmless Harvest Coconut Water, I am holding those people dear to my heart as they retreat in my city. Blessings to you WAT!

So just to keep it real. MNI WICCONI. Water is Life.

I've been consuming a lot of spring water. Spring water is great because it is at a satisfactory pH level of 7+. I have to get better at my consumption of water because the plastic packaging is just further adding to this problem we have of destroying our land and not holding ourselves accountable to our own waste. It is the culture of convenience. It is the culture of settler colonialism. It is the culture of taking and not having accountability. It is the culture of "whiteness." We are all indigenous to some where. Lets continue to be more conscious and more mindful everyday of how we can do a little better and peel off these layers of whiteness, convenience, and consumption that make up the fabric this empire has covered us with.

***GRAPHIC ALERT***

One last thing before I go...
Day 10 of the fast and I have still been using the bathroom. It's been quite interesting because I honestly wasn't thinking that 10 days into not eating I would still have food in my body. Especially after not having eaten meat for months. This has really made me reflective not only of the physical detox that my body is going through, but also the chemical and psychological detox. I just had the thought that my body must be infiltrated with plastics, chemicals, and waxes from all the things I've put in my body and from all this modified urban environment that is in deep contrast to the natural place my body was designed to live in; a place well oxygenated, in a nurturing and loving society living in harmony with nature and all creation. And if you think that sounds to be fluffy, magical, and dreaming, please just explain to me why no other species on the planet has a need doctors, medicine, pills, or insurance. It is us who have fallen out of alignment with Goddess. And it is us who must be accountable.

Energy Levels

My energy levels have not been too bad considering that I've had 3 shows at BAM with The Peace Poets this week!!! We have our last show of the weekend tonight and every single show has been SOLD OUT!!! Such an honor and a blessing to walk with these brothers, and all the amazing artists, dancers, and poets for change on this journey. 

But I honestly have not fully adjusted to my energy levels yet. I find myself a bit tired in the mornings, usually some hot water tends to slowly awaken my body and I usually burn some cannabis leaf to wake my body (only reggie with seeds is alkaline and non hybrid!). After this, I usually feel good, strong and ready for the day. I follow this with either a rigorous 15 - 45 min work out or some taoist yoga for about 40 minutes.

Note to Self:

I also have to remind myself that since I'm not consuming "food" my body has been adjusted for years to sit still and relax during/ after a meal. I'm being mindful of the moments my body also just needs to chill out, and rest, or take a nap. We're not just robotic beings with on and off switches made to produce produce produce. 

In Closing...

I think napping has actually become my new best friend! lol But I'm happy to say that the joy of this fatigue also comes with the blessings of being able to be rocking with our family at BAM, which I'm about to head out to now, and being able to share with my beautiful community and family of Love Warriors. <3 so Blessed+

Soon, I'll share more about my cultural experience through this journey! Peace and Blessings Family!

May you and your Loved Ones be well and at Peace <3

Blessings+

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