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I asked “What if I do 100 days of changed diet and prayer?”
If relevant: the diet is the Wahls protocol and the creator suggests trying 100 days of it at 100% to see what progress you make. It’s to help with autoimmune issues. I have tons and tons of experience with eating for my health and herbs and so many different things. This is just another iteration of things I have done but it’s still “new” and a shift away from how I have been doing things recently. The prayer component would be committed practice with a few specific mantras I was given by a teacher.
I’m curious your experience with 29 UC. I’ve read a lot on this hexagram and, on one hand, I think it might just be pointing me to what I can’t avoid which is the difficulty of change and the emotional component of what comes through when certain comforts are taken away and you just have to face the feelings and the changes. On the other hand, if this is suggesting I’m making things harder for myself than it needs to be it would be good to know that.
thanks for any thoughts you have!
Like maybe it will just be too hard and putting myself through a lot of extra difficult and struggle.
Hm interesting! I do think I could use more support probably.. and I actually have taught some health topics before, in grad school, so it’s possible. I would love to break free again (I have been off of sugar for a long time before, in the past, and truly had so much more peace BUT it took months of being pretty miserable cutting out sooo many things to get there) but at this time I’m just not sure. It’s possible it won’t be this book. Maybe I could ask some follow up questions or compare to other optionswith no change lines indicating action I wonder if the IC is implying that you wont use it? Or that it could be dangerous unless you have a human teacher to guide you along with it? Or maybe it means you'll master your issues by using the program and go on to teach the program to others!
This sounds like a major undertaking for you.I asked “What if I do 100 days of changed diet and prayer?”
If relevant: the diet is the Wahls protocol and the creator suggests trying 100 days of it at 100% to see what progress you make. It’s to help with autoimmune issues. I have tons and tons of experience with eating for my health and herbs and so many different things. This is just another iteration of things I have done but it’s still “new” and a shift away from how I have been doing things recently. The prayer component would be committed practice with a few specific mantras I was given by a teacher.
I’m curious your experience with 29 UC. I’ve read a lot on this hexagram and, on one hand, I think it might just be pointing me to what I can’t avoid which is the difficulty of change and the emotional component of what comes through when certain comforts are taken away and you just have to face the feelings and the changes. On the other hand, if this is suggesting I’m making things harder for myself than it needs to be it would be good to know that.
thanks for any thoughts you have!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. I really appreciate it. There's definitely a lot of insight here; last time I had to go cold turkey it was an actual hard "have to" because I was having actual allergic reactions and it was scary. I could only eat four foods (yes four) for many months because I knew they were "safe" and I was too scared to mess with anything else until my health was stable. I say all of that just to say, it was dark and hard in many ways. I was quite sick, homebound, and ripping away almost all food was honestly traumatic and I never recommend it to anyone who doesn't absolutely have to. So, that said, I'm doing lightyears better now, I just feel a potential slip downward and want to shift some things for the better. I'm not in an emergency situation. I have so much knowledge from many years of reading and trying every diet that exists (ha). So, I don't really have to fumble so hard in the dark. Your message must have reached me before I read it because today I thought something like "what if I commit to xyz each day" like adding things in but not focusing on the cutting out yet. See where that guides me. Presumably with increased clarity (and energy too) I'll know if I want to do more or what. I do think sometimes I choose the hardest way... it may not actually be the only way. And yes, lots of munching through massive amounts of vegetables (ha!) and high healthy fat is a big focus. The nuclear hex is so helpful to think about here! If the core is nourishing myself, there might be some gentleness that's appropriate. It's not just food. It's feeling nourished enough all around so I'm not "starving" for anything. A lot to think about there. Thank you!Is going 'cold turkey' on them really something you want to deal with? Perhaps this could be viewed as another way of just beating up on yourself. Maybe you do this plan for 120 or 140 days easing yourself into cutting out the 'naughty foods' so you manage better the emotional difficulties you envisage happening when certain of these comforts are taken away. The last 100 days you go for it fully. However you do it, it's impossible not to face the feelings when engaging fully with change.
A key part to look at in this reading is the Nuclear of 29 i.e. Hex 27 - Nourishment. This will be working away at a deep level and the challange you will be faced with as a consequence of this will be the effect of the words you think and say as well as the food you eat and drink. So the test for you could well be two-fold.
24 meaning 'the way is reversing'I tried asking simply "How can I heal" and received 24.1.6 > 23. I feel like it's answering a much bigger question about where I am in my life right now, like coming back to myself and stripping away anything unnecessary. But maybe it's more like surrendering. Not chasing anything and whatever stays stays... whatever goes goes. I'm not sure. I'm not sure how to get specific with the answer but I also asked a massive question so I guess that makes sense
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).