If you haven’t read My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 1 of 10) I suggest you read it, as this is a followup entry. It will give background info on what I am doing.

Day 13 - The Complete Return to Food

All things that have a beginning have an end. Today this series officially comes to a close. In my eyes though, this experience has been a new beginning: a beginning of greater awareness of my own health, of food, and of food’s effect on my body. Today I had some more of the soup at lunchtime, and for dinner I made some delectable Sicilian Lentil Pasta Sauce which I used with some whole grain spaghetti noodles. While the sauce may seem slightly unusual (to non-Sicilians, at least) because of its use of lentils, I thoroughly enjoyed coming off the Master Cleanse with this meal even though I am, in fact, not Sicilian or Italian.

The Cleanse wasn’t always easy, and there is nothing particularly fun about it. Any fulfillment one gets while partaking of the cleanse is due to having more time on hand. If one isn’t skilled in focusing their time doing the tasks they are supposed to do (or indeed, want to do), this cleanse will not help your life be any more enjoyable.

Having a Wealth of Time

In this way, the cleanse is rather like being wealthy. The difference being that your wealth is time instead of purchasing power. When one is wealthy with time, they express more of themselves and can effectively be “more of themselves.” This is similar to how money can allow a person to express oneself in greater capacity. Now that I have come off the Master Cleanse, I’ve realized that being able to handle having “more of yourself” is a quality that is learned through time and patience with oneself.

If I could send a message to myself in the past on August 10th, I would still tell myself to do this cleanse because of what I have learned about myself, my body, and good food. Recommended this experience is, but only if you truly desire it.

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Below is a guide to all articles within this series: