Nuclear Power Plants: A Hysteria Based on Fiction

12Mar11

Due to the recent events in Japan, with a nuclear power plant going into meltdown (of the facts we do not yet all know) I’d like to go on a little rant here on nuclear energy and the state of Japan’s health. I would like to point out a few things. 1. There are giant [...]

Filed under: health, Random, Rant, World Conscience   |  3 Comments
Tags: alternate, atoms, coal, fission, greenpeace, health, japan, nuclear, plant, pollutants, pollution, power, science, waste

After the Fast: In Retrospect

07Feb11

So I have finished my fast 10 days ago almost to the hour, and I am not taking some time to reflect on the after math of the fast: what I have learned as well as what I have felt. You can read more about it here. The fast was easy. It isn’t the hardest [...]

Filed under: Exercise and Mind, health, Journey, Random   |  1 Comment
Tags: answers, days, dizzyness, fast, fast 10 days, food, learning, retrospect, seeking, siddhartha, tea, water

Carrot and Yam Soup

21Jan11

Today to break my fast (which you can read more about here), I decided to try my hand at a delicious vegetable soup. It consisted of: 2 large yams 2 medium carrots 1/3 cup barley 1/2 cup split lentils 3 slices onions 3 cloves garlic oregano paprika ginger nutmeg chili powder bay leaf salt/pepper spoon of [...]

Filed under: cooking, health   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: barley, bay leaf, butter, carrot, chili, delicious, garlic, ginger, lentils, nutmeg, onions, oregano, paprika, pepper, recipe, salt, soup, split, yam, yuhm, yum

Day 10 of 10 Day Fast: Completed

21Jan11

So the fast is done. If you have been following me through this, you would already have read my previous days: 9, 8, 5, and 2. It has been a very interesting journey, one that I have learnt a lot about what people believe, what I believe, what I am capable of, and also what [...]

Filed under: cooking, Exercise and Mind, health, Inspiration   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: 10, attitude, cookies, day, eat, eating, fast, food, gandhi, health, hunger, lessons, mental, mind, movements, patience, spirituality, starve, starving, support, truths

Day 9 of 10 Day Fast

20Jan11

Well, today is my last sleep before I finish this fast. It has been a very interesting journey, and it feels like it’s been quite a long time actually. I find myself at various points of the day thinking to myself: “wow, I think I could go forever without eating.” But then I realize that [...]

Filed under: Exercise and Mind, health, Inspiration   |  2 Comments
Tags: 10, attitude, cookies, day, eat, eating, fast, food, gandhi, health, hunger, lessons, mental, mind, movements, patience, spirituality, starve, starving, support, truths