Day 4 - So Far, So Good...

Well, we are all doing fine and moving right along here - it is remarkable how much time and effort goes into thinking about, preparing, cooking and eating food. When you are not doing much of it (or any) you end up with all of this free time on your hands. Plenty of time to get things done.

During each of these cleanses I still cook for the little one and the dogs/cat/turtle etc. as they would not take kindly to doing a fast with us. However, I don't even think much about eating food myself, because as I've said before and discuss in my book The Pagan Diet, my mind just goes into Master Cleanse mode along with my body and that is it for the entire 10 days.

However, I do plan menus for our next celebration and that was the topic of discussion last night as everyone wants something different - and now the challenge is on for me to create 'something different'. As you might have already guessed, I like a challenge!

Well, today is day four or our ten day MC and I am feeling pretty good. I ended up going to bed early last night thinking that I would read, but I was tired so fell asleep right away. And I slept fairly deeply. Just a couple of dreams though...

Last night I dreamt of clothes, cases, bags, traveling on buses and clothes in shops - usually this means significant changes deep into the tissues and cellular structure, so I am curious about what exactly will present itself over these next couple of days.

I am still closing lots of energy leaks (this is my own technique, get my book if you want to know more) to safety on the spiritual path and I can see several situations more clearly where I was not feeling safe. However, these feelings of threat, danger, hazard or peril - have been largely trained out of us and are not always easily recognized. They are often disguised as something else - usually discomfort, awkwardness or anxiety which we readily dismiss. 

It is very important to get back into these spaces and places of our bodies so we can listen carefully and follow inner instructions implicitly. 

When I check in with my body right now, I have some symptoms of detox, my tongue is coated, my hair is limp, I feel toxic, slight headache, a bit tired - but my mind is clear, I have done my second salt water flush and my energy is rising overall. 

Not a bad start to the 4th day overall! 

Enjoy your day,

April

Cover for my Universal Energy Laws - Protection in the Healing Professions 

And A Celebration Day today!

Today my son is 12 years old and I am no different from any other parents out there - thinking back to the day he was born and wondering where the time has gone. He seems so grown up in some ways - yet still a boy in others. I just hope that he doesn't grow up too fast, too soon - and that is one of the reasons why I home school my children.

A home is a place where we should be safe, be accepted for who and what we are, yet expected to be a part of a family with a role to play, chores and work to do as well as contribute in other meaningful ways. It is also the one place where you can expect to learn all that you need to know in preparation for the world out there. And that is why I home school my children. 

On our birthdays here we get to choose the menu and eat whatever foods that we want to have - today I have been making macaroon and nut butter cookies, goat's cheese cake, whole grain spelt spaghetti and lamb meatballs for lunch, and then a roasted duck dinner for later tonight! (I will be exhausted LOL)

For me though I have long felt that there are a few significant years in a childs' life and developmental milestones that are reached recorded in those years. Age 12 is no exception - this is the year when the immune system reaches a stage of maturity making the child ready to go out in the world a little more. When fed properly and living in a healthy environment our immune functions in top form. However, when filled with drugs, vaccines and rubbish foods - sadly this is not the case.

This is a big day for him (and me!) and the start of a big year - the first of many, each one better than the last. 

Now, after all of these feasting and celebration days, I will be good and ready for another Master Cleanse. It all evens out, though and I am so glad that I have the fasting to look forward to. Now, I always enjoy my food without giving one thought to putting on weight or that I am eating too much. I love my food and it loves me back.

In a couple of days I will be back to day on/day off fasting and back on track again - what could be simpler? 

Have a lovely day,

April

The birthday boy on Soldier's Lookout Lough Hyne, West Cork after climbing the hill