One must not generalize!

Something has been on my mind for quite some time. It's a thought experiment or rather a train of thought. Language plays a key part in this, and perhaps common sense. Here goes:

We is a redundant term. I is a selfish term. Society is a selfish, and perhaps excusatory term. Life is perhaps the only term that is original and forgiving. It really demands of the speaker or observer the correct and appropriate mindset which is a definitive term. As in, direct. It all boils down to definition and situation.

What I am getting at is simple. Being a fruitarian and frugivore technically can bring about the perception of separateness. The realization of aloneness. The self in its most primitive state. All animals hopefully should consume raw food. Raw as in, its natural state. It really places us on a natural path. A state that we've abided by for ages.

But now, some humans has placed it upon themselves to change their mode of being to cooked and processed foods. Processed, as in a state that the edible food is not naturally in. Cooked food, even in a natural form, like grilled meat could also be considered processed under this definition.

The observation calls for a resounding why on both fronts, but as I explained, raw unprocessed foods is by far the most consumed state of food on this planet by the majority of animals and even plants today. It is technically a natural diet as what a biosphere provides us organically. Yet why should one attain to such a state? Because some humans have left it behind, and it, a cooked and processed diet, clearly has devastating consequences on our health and the biosphere on Earth that sustains life, the miracle.

All sorts of excuses are made to consume cooked and processed foods such as; elegant, nutritious, safe, cost effective, important. Yet with this mindset one can also see the reverse. Those are just terms used to explain what reality can be in this context. But those same terms can be used to insult the dignity and moral values of these same people. For example the term safe. Even cooked and processed foods can be contaminated with viruses and bacteria dangerous to our health. Carcinogens is another example. Cholesterol is another one.

Someone once said that clearly what we're encouraged to eat is a cultural phenomenon, where scientists and teachers and doctors, who should know better, do the advertising for this giant corporate machine exploiting this biosphere that feeds and sustains us. Exploiting, as in all for the sake of profit. As in there's no factual reason that we need to drink soda-pop and suck on lollies and consume grilled chicken and smoke and drink alcohol for the sake of surviving! They treat their children with these unnatural creations constantly and they have their health in consideration? Strange.

We all die. That's a fact. We all get sick at some point. Hospitals don't only exist for fruitarians and frugivores and paleo diet centered people, even raw vegans. No, they exist for humans and non-humans alike. Lung cancer for example in the majority of cases directly relates to smoking. Heart attacks relate mostly to diet. Fatty greasy foods are on the menu for all of us where some people see it as a treat! But no, even doctors ask me where I get my protein on a fruitarian diet. Before that, on a vegan diet. How strange do people behave when it comes to the obvious!

So anyway, in short, be prepared to be isolated when one adopts a fruit diet. Remember it's healthier to be kind to this biosphere which sustains life. Eating fruits or flowers like figs is the most conscious way of being. It's harmless to the environment and it sustains all life. Whether one gets sick or injured is natural. We all die as well. Hospitals aren't only for those that live on a fruitarian diet. Doctors and scientists should know better. The hard reality faces all, even them. Also, take note how closed-minded open-minded people are.

Stumbling block

I must confess that lately I've had a craving for convenience foods such as vegan hotdogs, vegan schnitzels, and vegan chicken strips. With bread and roast potatoes and the obvious condiments like mayo and ketchup. But when I seriously consider it I know that this is merely a step back to my old self. The self that was eager to consume. But I have to remember that I have lost weight since I became fruitarian. A couple of kilos. Which means to me a heck of a lot. Other than that when the cravings hit I turn to fruitarian literature which is such a motivational force to stick to ones true self. The self that wants to be liberated from culinary slavery. Hope this is of some help to others.

Reflections

When one attempts to see the impact others not following an ethical diet makes, one realizes that hope is just another word for faith. We can only but have faith that our lives are not connected to each other, and we have but ourselves to blame if all feelings has gone from our minds in relation to the redemption of humanity. Which seems at face value, today, a blissful impossibility.

We are herded to destroy the Earth for the sake of money and power. We have become accustomed to child-like advertising claiming that our lives have meaning and that we are the greatest beings in existence because of technological advances made as Stephen Hawking calls it the Enlightenment. It's impossible to see it, the great discoveries of man has imprisoned him and made him a super-slave. Or rather has made us dependent on each other to such an extent that we control each other. That we lie, cheat and steal. Because? Well because we are allowed to. We're common criminals enticed with a permanent Christmas and Thanksgiving. Yet we are all deceived.

Movie of the day isn't IT, it's Koyaanisqatsi.

Getting down to it

As mentioned I have made the transition to fruitarianism. Quite easily I must add. Even though with my current mindset it's irrelevant to state on the simplicity of the new found habits I have acquired. Though I'm not fully committed at the moment to Eden fruitarianism (coined by Mango Wodzak), I must say that that is my next goal. I seriously want to cut out nuts and oils.

But let's get real, there are some that say you can even eat veggies, and still label yourself fruitarian, which I think is quite absurd and backwards thinking. Fruits are fruits, and veggies, well they stay veggies. Right?

Which brings me to the next point. What is a fruit? As in, some get really technical and say that eggplant (aubergine) is a fruit. But you have to cook it to be able to eat it right? If your goal is to be raw, then well you cannot eat it, bummer! Also the issue with tomatoes. Some label them as veggies, while others label them as fruits. All of the info out there is quite confusing. What can a fruitarian do? I surely need the official encyclopedia on fruits, if there is one out there. A list and description on fruits in general.

Also, another point, agriculture in its global sense has limits as to what is natural and what is not. Mono-crops certainly aren't natural (vast spaces of land cultivated for one single purpose, and all else should stay out!), even if the crops are natural in a sense. Get what I mean?

The transportation of fruits around the world, has increased the options available (yeah a consumerist capitalist notion I know) at the stores and markets, but surely it's more important to be a locavore fruitarian than anything else. Can we truly sustain our lives and environments this current way? I doubt it.

Enough with the contradictions! More fundamentalism!

The difference

But let's get serious about dietary lifestyles. As mentioned in the first post, veganism does encompass a wide variety of food sources under a vast amount of farming techniques and, production and manufacturing needs. Yet a vegan can also live as simply as a fruitarian. By adopting or practicing raw veganism.

Now I used to be an advocate for healthy living, meaning following a strict set of dietary requirements. To be honest, it took out all the fun of the lifestyle I pursued. Having to check calcium, B12, and Omega intakes, was quite a schlep. Vitamins and minerals as the dieticians recommend are found in supplements. That was a headache and a pricy affair I've had. Now I've put it all behind me and found freedom in ignorance. Great for me, yay!

But back to the raw veganism. Apart from superfoods, and fancy recipes, a raw vegan lifestyle or diet, is quite simple to follow as fruitarianism. It might be a bit more pricy, and versatile, but at least it's more acceptable and well catered for in comparison to fruitarianism in our present day society.

I'm not entirely sure if the ecological costs involved in this diet is in any way even close to fruitarianism, but at least it's better than the standard vegan diet, and even greater than the carnist diet. Remember, humans farm, as in agriculture plays a major role in our survival and habits. It's one of those things people have become alienated from, for being cosmopolitan (city-dwellers) in our lifestyles, yet it plays that integral role as mentioned. For us to become conscious of our blessings and our curses is perhaps the one thing that can save or doom us. At this point in time, it's irrelevant though.

So you may ask why doesn't a person just accept raw veganism instead of fruitarianism as a diet or lifestyle? Well ecologically fruitarianism is still superior to raw veganism, and it's more cost effective. Also it's more simple in its choices. It limits you to eating and not preparing to eat. It's a step away from clutter and unnecessary expense. It is also less destructive to sentient life in the harvest of it's crop. Even so agriculture in its current form can be destructive nonetheless to fruits and their trees aswell.

There's so much more in the comparison between these two diets, but let's just say I'm sticking to fruitarianism, mainly because I want to live more simply and less processed, or fancy, as you can put it.

For the life of me

It cannot be perfectly put by anyone but myself. Or so I believe.

The mental transformation in relation to the new found state I am in, aka fruitarianism, has brought about the knowledge that everyone seeks to pursue that which is unattainable, for it is necessary to be happy. In pursuit of happiness, we have found goal, and forgot all else. And so the world in its gluttonous state only wants what it can afford, and waste its money, even so, excessively, on that which it cannot buy. Happiness. Peace. And security.

In South Africa, at least, we have come to the point where even our wise-men, the intellectual elites, have failed us miserably to note what went wrong with our society in their news programs and newspaper prints. They always want what's most dire to them, without looking the eagle in the eye. It mentions society as if it is run by one person or group of persons. It mentions trouble as if it was unavoidable. It fails to mention though what life is actually like. With or without an oppressor. The man, the citizen, of South Africa, bears responsibility to all South Africans, even the ones that migrated here. Yet he does not hold himself accountable to all else. Instead he twists and turns into a knower of some unthinkable truth which he calls his life. Something unique and far away from reality. Let's call this delusion. Now I am just another of its kind. I also had and have my moments of detachment, but please we have to be serious as to the matter at hand.

We can live off fruit alone. Whether that is something that the future expects from us, is irrelevant. Now is the time for us to stand back and take into consideration the costs involved in our manufactured needs. All of it will be our end, and who's to blame, the ones not on the fruit diet. It's as simple as that.

Birthday

So the day started off with some presents. Loads of dried fruit. A Bible. And a nice meal at a raw vegan spot in Cape Town. The Danish owner specially crafted some fruity meals for me, whilst my family were gobbling down their chosen selection. At home a chocolate cake waited. Vegan but not fruity. Anyway I'll give it one last time. But then again sharing also works to ease the wheaty burden. That Danish owner also recommended The Detox Miracle, which I'll definitely check out.

Nauseous

So today is my birthday. YAY! Well truth be told I don't know where my family and I are going for lunch. I only hope that the idea of me being a fruitarian has started to sink in.

Anyway I have a story to tell. The other night I went for sushi. Gone off the fruitarian radar a bit, and then bam the day after I feel nauseous. Either because I ate too much as my family tells me, or it was the veg springrolls, or it was the quality of the food, or finally, my body rejected the cooked food. I think it's the latter. Well I may be wrong.