Adam: Welcome, ! (and other topics...)

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Adam,

You're so cute I can't stand it!

BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> how could you kill a chicken? I'm sick

thinking about it. I know you're all spiritual and all that into

where you are the environment, etc but man that's disgusting! That

poor chicken had to die for a lesson at the place? YIK YIK YIK

still love you even if you are a murderer............

Your explanation of my off topic stuff sounds much nicer than how I

said it I'm sure. Thanks for cleaning me up a bit too.

Love,

Reg

> Hello, everyone!

>

>

> On behalf of the entire group, and Reggie (the Group founder and

principle

> moderator), I'd like to welcome ! Please introduce yourself,

> , share anything you like about you and your journey, and

feel free

> to ask questions!

>

>

> Mike, the suggestions that you shared with for her talk

about " You

> are What You Eat " are awesome! I'll be teaching a class next month

on

> macrobiotic living to my fellow classmates at massage school--and

you're

> comments opened some great possibilities.

>

>

> , what approach did you take with your presentation? How'd it

go? The

> information that you posted about soy was very useful, too! The

research

> confirmed that traditional whole soy products--tempeh, natto, miso

and

> tofu--are extremely beneficialy, while the newer processed

products (those

> where portions of soy are isolated) may have adverse implications.

>

>

> , I was in Spokane with the Bear Tribe in '92 for about

three weeks.

> I did kill and clean the chicken. And then gave him to the cooks

for them

> to prepare and serve to the others who would be eating the

chickens.

>

>

> The point of the exercise was, in a broader context, to teach us

that food

> is all around us, particularly in emergency situations--if we know

how to

> identify it and want to do with it. According to Native American

oral

> history, humans only began eating animals to get through major

climatic

> changes when their gathering areas were not yielding adequate

supplies of

> plant foods. The teaching is remembered as being a temporary

solution; of

> course, that part has been lost in practice for many reasons.

>

>

> , you also asked what would be considered " off-topic. " I

like how

> Reggie answered this question when I asked her: there's nothing

off-topic.

> This Group's intention is to listen, to help, and to serve one

another in

> any way we can. Reggie's feeling was that " rules " limit self-

expression,

> and she wants to create an environment that supports each person's

needs

> to vent, to process, and to learn. Some people may choose to read

all the

> dialogue. Some may choose to skip much of it. And that's all good.

Each

> person will find what he or she needs.

>

>

> I look back at that e-mail that I wrote, " Some Comments for Group

> Discussion, " and I have to laugh. Perhaps someone was a bit tight--

I think

> my Liver, Kidney and Bladder meridians were talking to me that

morning.

> Anyway, I loved and appreciated what was reflected back to me.

>

>

> Hope you're all starting to feel and enjoy the upward, renewing

energy of

> Spring!

>

>

> Love and peace,

> Adam