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 and the knowledge that they’re making a positive change in their health. (And regarding time, if one isn’t skilled in focusing their time doing the tasks they need to do, obviously 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 to the past to August 10th, I would definitely encourage myself to do this cleanse because of what I have learned about myself, my body, and good food. I recommend the Master Cleanse if you want to detoxify your body in a time-tested way and also learn about how your body works at the same time. Just realize that it takes discipline and will power to do the Master Cleanse correctly, so if you decide to do it, be serious about it. As long as you don’t cheat, you’ll get good results. If you don’t think you’re capable of following the rules, then perhaps it’s best if you build your own will power first, and then try the Master Cleanse.
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Below is a guide to all articles within this series:
Recommended Reading:
- Coming off of The Master Cleanse (P2)
- Coming off of The Master Cleanse (P1)
- My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 8 of 10)
- My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 5 of 10)
- My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 6 of 10)
- My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 9 of 10)
- My Journey into The Master Cleanse (Day 7 of 10)
Congratulations! You made it. That’s great!
I like what you said about time, and having found more of it. Too bad you can’t bottle that up, since most people complain about not having enough time.
What I’ve observed, is that some people “choose” to use their time in what could be described as “unproductive” ways, and then complain they don’t have enough time. But, yet it’s ironic that when something they want to do comes up, they “make the time”. Hmmmmmmm
I guess you could say, it’s about the choices we make. And as we teach our children, all actions have consequences, good or bad.
Thank you, Barbara. I’m glad to have had the opportunity to share this experience with the greater community.
Time is most definitely our greatest resource and is weighted on priorities, as you allude to. Priorities are persistent choices that arise from habits, but I will stay on the point:
One doesn’t have to bottle up extra time. One only has to find the extra time and utilize this. Anyone can find more time if they only clarify what they wish to accomplish first, because time is a mental projection of an illusion.
Does time exist outside of our minds?
Letizia,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the Master Cleanse blog series! As I look back on it more than a year later, I see it was the beginning of an important shift in my awareness of how food effects me. It wasn’t easy, but you know what they say, the hardest thing to do is to make it look easy.
It’s an honor to be able to share this experience with so many others.
Congratulations!
I did the master cleanse for two weeks and I have to say it wasn’t easy, although I also combined it with the Acai berry fruit ( Just for show. I eat it all the time as it’s native to my hometown in Lindhares). I really liked what you said about the cleanse concerning desire for food. Most pro-cleanse promoters make it sound as if one completely loses interest in food and that’s not true, even if it does look less appealing.
Love your sense of humor too… you made it look so easy.
thanks for the encouragement. i am almost done with my 2nd of 10 days on the cleanse. i almost gave in this afternoon. i appreciate your honesty about how tough it is and how it does require quite a lot of self discipline. the hardest part for me is that i have 3 little kids that i continue to cook and feed but i’m holding out… this too shall pass. i look forward to trying your orange puree!!!
Kendra, I’m glad you’re finding my Master Cleanse journal helpful.
Sounds like you have extra temptation seeing as you’re preparing food for others. So this is an excellent opportunity to grow your own self-discipline! If you find yourself struggling with will power, ask yourself why you’re even doing the Master Cleanse. If you don’t have a good enough reason, it’s easy to give up. But if you want it bad enough, you can do it. I was driven partly by strong curiosity, partly by a desire to test my mettle.
It’s completely up to you. Focusing on the positive aspects of doing the cleanse, such as having more energy and having more time overall really helped me press on. If I hadn’t had extra energy or a clearer head, I’m not sure I would have finished the 10 days.
Focus on why you are doing this and the positive aspects of it. If you keep your head clear and stay focused, I know you’ll make it.
But if you don’t, you can try again next time.
And please, let me know how it goes!
Yeah that’s really great you have found this Master Cleanse very helpful.