God continually invites us to claim Divine Order in our lives.  As we claim it, it is established unto us.

~Reverend Richard Rogers

Action should culminate in wisdom.

~ Bhagavad Gita

 

 Raw Foods Prep [25:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s another raw food day at Earth Harmony Home.

Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray share techniques for preparing raw foods. Mark Reinfeld founding chef of the award winning Blossoming Lotus Restaurant on Kauai. Mark is the author of Vegan World Fusion Cuisine Cookbook, The 7 Minute Chef E-book and the brand new soon to be released “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw”. Joining us for our conversation is Mark’s wife and co-author of the idiots guide to Eating Raw is Jennifer Murray.

“Recipes so good you’ll want to eat this book”  Woody Harrelson

Episode Highlights:

• Acknowledgments and praise for the book
• Raw Food preparation techniques.
  • sprouting
  • soaking
  • dehydration
  • and more…

Please also listen to part 1 and part 2 of the Raw Foods Guide series where Mark and Jennifer talk about what inspired The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw. Stay tuned for more episodes in the near future.

Be sure to check out some of our previous episodes with Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray here at Earth Harmony Home

• Vegan Fusion and The Blossoming Lotus
• 7 Minute Chef- learn 7 minute techniques
• Simple Grapefruit Salad - video
• Spirulina Popcorn - What’s the Secret - video
• Guacamole - Sensalicious Cooking - video

In our upcoming episode with Mark and Jennifer learn about the 4 week raw success program.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw

Check out Mark’s previous book:

Vegan Fusion World Cuisine: Healing Recipes and Timeless Wisdom from our Hearts to Yours

The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

~ Lao Tzu

We are so anxious to achieve some particular end that we pay attention to the psycho-physical means whereby that end is to be gained.  So far as we are concerned, any old means is good enough.  But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify the means.  On the contrary, the means always determine the end.

~ Aldous Huxley

Peter Russell has been at the forefront of sharing the idea that the earth is one large, interconnected, living system. The Gaia Hypothesis shares the vision of earth as a super micro organism.

We were fortunate to hear Peter Russell speak at the Gaia Film Festival last night. It was a thought and heart provoking evening, connecting us all and bringing us together in community. Peter shared a message of awakening and awareness to our own inner understanding and a message of waking up to our inter connectedness and the connection we all share with the planet we live on. I left the evening inspired by the beautiful opportunity we have to participate in the growing consciousness and community movements, living more from our hearts and less from our heads. What it all comes down to is conscious alignment with ourselves and our greater world.

I hope you enjoy part 1 of the Global Brain video.

 

 Raw Foods part 2 [25:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What does it mean to eat a Raw Food diet? Are you interested in learning more of the benefits of eating raw?

Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray give us the answers with their amazing food wisdom. Mark Reinfeld founding chef of the award winning Blossoming Lotus Restaurant on Kauai. Mark is the author of Vegan World Fusion Cuisine Cookbook, The 7 Minute Chef E-book and the brand new soon to be released “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw”. Joining us for our conversation is Mark’s wife and co-author of the idiots guide to Eating Raw is Jennifer Murray.

Episode Highlights:

• What does it mean to eat a raw food diet
• Eating raw isn’t limited
• The nutritional aspects of being “raw”.
• Health benefits of eating raw foods

Please also listen to part 1 of the Raw Foods Guide series where Mark and Jennifer talk about what inspired The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw. Stay tuned for more episodes in the near future.

Be sure to check out some of our previous episodes with Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray here at Earth Harmony Home

• Vegan Fusion and The Blossoming Lotus
• 7 Minute Chef- learn 7 minute techniques
• Simple Grapefruit Salad - video
• Spirulina Popcorn - What’s the Secret - video
• Guacamole - Sensalicious Cooking - video

In our upcoming episode with Mark and Jennifer learn specific techniques for raw food preparation.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw

Check out Mark’s previous book:

Vegan Fusion World Cuisine: Healing Recipes and Timeless Wisdom from our Hearts to Yours

Are you more left brained or right brained?

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

Its fun to see if you can get it to switch directions and interesting to see how you can change your thinking and your focus.

Which way did the dancer turn for you first?

Source: The Daily Telegraph

If the building of bridges does not enrich the awareness of those who develop it, then the bridge shouldn’t be built.

~ unknown

Stop.  Take the time to listen.  To really listen to each other.  To be in relationship with someone beyond ourselves, beyond the stuff and to the real beings at the center of our hopes and dreams.  Here is a great article about listening and connection from Ode Magazine.

Listening is the best medicine against violence

Tijn Touber | April 2003 issueHow can we save the world from growing intolerance, how can we stop the spiral of violence? ‘Silence is often the best answer,’ says the Dalai Lama. More and more experts are admitting he is right. This is not the time for analyses, reports and threats. We now need to stop and take the time to really listen to one another. Of course, listening is not always easy, but a growing number of initiatives are aiming to help people master this difficult art. The International Listening Association declared March to be International Awareness Month. As part of their campaign they gave tips on how to listen. ‘Count to three when the person you are speaking with has finished talking. That person will often take this to be a signal to go on talking. You will be surprised at how much extra information you get. If you are interrupted, do not get irritated, do not attack and do not lecture, but simply say: “Please listen for a moment, I am not finished yet.”‘

One of the most experienced experts in the field of listening and speaking is Margaret Wheatley. In her book Turning to One Another (Berret-Koehler Publishers, 2002) she claims that people have become more and more isolated from each other - each of us seems to be alone in the world: ‘We no longer seek consolation from one another, but in material goods. The whole world is heading with lightning speed, as if hypnotised, in the wrong direction, away from each other, towards more belongings. We promise ourselves all kinds of things, except each other. We have forgotten the true source of peace and contentment.’ Wheatley sees only one remedy: listening to each other’s stories, needs, fears and dreams, even to those we have come to call ‘the enemy’. And not just at the negotiation table, but also at the kitchen table or leaning against a fencepost.

Because it is not always easy to find the right words, Nancy Guilmartin wrote Healing Conversations (Jossey-Bass, 2002). Its focus: what to say when you do not know what to say. For example, what do you say to a colleague who learns he has cancer, to a child whose pet is dying, to a friend whose support you need, to your best friend who is getting a divorce, or to the relatives of the deceased at a funeral? In many cases Guilmartin reaches the conclusion that listening and ‘being there’ are more important than finding solutions and pronouncing well-phrased sentences. She warns: ‘Conversations that are meant to heal are messy by definition - the disease will come to the surface.’ Guilmartin also warns the reader not to expect any quick, simple solutions. Healing takes time. ‘Only if you take time for each other will you finally feel safe enough to let your hair down. You have to feel safe enough to be emotional or irrational one day, and to know you still have a friend the next. It takes courage to show your despair, numbness, apathy, anger or confusion. Friends listen, unconditionally.’