Scott's Raw Journey

INTRODUCTION TO MY BLOG

My name is Scott and I arrived to this world in the year 1966. I am from Chicago USA, originally but now I currently work and live in the southwest. My entire life has been a journey of sorts. Life has seemed like a school full of lessons to learn. These lessons never seem to end, so rather than worry about the destination, I have been paying more attention to the journey.

One of the most dramatic lessons I have been learning has to do with changing and improving diet, and how those changes effect health and wellbeing, wellbeing including physical health, emotional stability, mental peace of mind, spiritual awareness, and finding the balance between these aspects. I am convinced that there is a direct correlation between diet and wellbeing.

I believe that everyone is on a unique path, and that it is inappropriate for anybody to judge another. We all have our own unique lessons to learn. So in sharing certain aspects of my journey via this blog medium, my intention is not to proselytize a lifestyle or convince anybody of anything. Rather, it is being created for those who may be interested in or inspired by the information. I intend to share information that I think is useful and important, for those interested in discovering the benefits of improving diet. And also I will share what has worked specifically for me on my journey.

I tend to make a distinction between EATING TO LIVE vs. LIVING TO EAT. Many raw foods sites emphasize recipes and the preparation of great tasting food. I don't feel the need to re-tread this readily available information. My emphasis is more on EATING TO LIVE, in other words, the point where food doesn't dominate your daily concern, where the body never feels hunger because all its nutritional needs are being met in the most efficient way. Getting to this point usually requires moving beyond the LIVING TO EAT paradigm, which, I have found, takes some time. And I'm still working through it myself. Other raw foods sites with an emphasis on LIVING TO EAT are helpful for those who are transitioning away from their addiction to cooked food and poor nutrition. But for some, the raw foods diet will be just another transition. Those on this journey are discovering new destinations beyond anything we've imagined possible. Transitioning to a raw foods diet is just the beginning for some! It is my desire to create a blog that will be useful for anyone interested in improving their current situation, and to fill in some gaps of understanding in this movement.

Since I started tinkering with my diet, and with fasting and colon cleansing, I have been experiencing an amazing personal transformation, which still continues. In order to experience this, I had to leave my hometown of Chicago, get away from my friends, quit being social, stay out of relationships, and go ever more inward. I’m not sure if my friends realized what I’ve been going through over the past few years. And since I really didn’t understand what I was going through myself, how could I explain it to anyone? So I basically dropped off the face of the Earth and kept to myself, in order to sort things out.

I don’t claim to have discovered secrets of the universe. Or maybe I have and I don’t know it yet! Or maybe I know I have and I’m not saying so. But something is telling me it’s time to share. I especially want to dedicate this blog to all the amazing people I have met over the years. I feel truly blessed to have had some very difficult learning experiences. Every single person who has been a part of my life has contributed to my personal growth in ways they will never fully comprehend. Hopefully they are enjoying their own journey, and that somehow I was able to reciprocate in some way.

For some, what I share will find a sympathetic resonance. For others, it will be as if I am speaking a different language. My intended audience, especially for the APPETIZER blog, are those with whom I've crossed paths, who may not know what I've been up to. But of course, anyone is free to partake of the APPETIZERS. The MAIN COURSE blog will be more in depth and address issues that I find relevant and should be of more interest to those already pursuing this lifestyle.

I guess I should take a quick moment to mention my age since so many of us base our opinions of others on age. In some ways age doesn't matter, but in other ways it seems to. I am 41 in the Nov 2008 photos. I'll turn 42 in December 2008. People often guess my age to be 20 something. So by stating my age I'm hoping to add some credibility to my words, from one who has had more life experience.