Hunger Is The Best Sauce
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2023
- Hunger and other "negative" sensations can hold hidden gifts =)
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There's no distasteful food, only how hungry you are!
Well said!!!
This may deviate from the topic of this video specifically, but I am a really big fan of your nuance and qualifying statements. "If it is appropriate for you.", "it's not for everyone", "some say...", "this may work for you.". It lends a certain credibility to individuals when they are humble and recognize that what knowledge and experience they have are largely their own and a window needs to be left open for new information. You can often trust someone if they speak softly and recognize their own faults because they are trying their best to guard their words and if they don't know something as a fact, they will tell you and separate the opinion from the raw information. You do this and it is a trait that we never fail to undervalue.
Its been said many times, but "the more you learn, the more you find you don't know."
Thank you for sharing.
I wholeheartedly agree. I've found that the times when I am sure I'm correct invariably lead to me learning that I wasn't seeing the whole picture. Not knowing is liberating in that we remain ever the student, ever curious, always learning more and growing.
Very much appreciated your words here =)
I'm a man who struggled with an eating disorder of sorts throughout my whole childhood. There's no need to write a novel here about all the details on how and why, but let's just say I was deeply spoiled with junk food and had no adequate cooks around when I was growing up. As I aged, I grew a strong disgust sensitivity to almost all food and it was practically non-amendable by the time I was a teenager. I couldn't bare to eat anything if it wasn't fast food or a bag of chips. But I had an interesting experience when I was 16 years old that turned my life around. I was getting in a lot of trouble as a teenager and my parents decided to send me off to a wilderness therapy program in Utah. I lived 24/7 outside in the southern desert of Utah backpacking for 3 solid months from November until February. During this time I was forced not only to live solely in nature with nothing but the gear I could carry on my back but I also was forced to eat things I was not accustomed to. I suffered greatly for 2-3 weeks because of this. But I underwent a very deep spiritual experience during this time and by the 4th week of my stay I had transformed as a person and I had underwent a huge change in my appetite and in my experience with food in general. I was becoming free of my disgust sensitivity. I felt the animal in me become alive and take space within my being. I was able to eat anything and everything and food had become incredibly enjoyable in a way I had never experienced before.
When I finally went back to civilization I slowly started to feel my disordered eating habits and feelings come back to me and it was very clear what was happening. Hunger is an incredibly powerful aspect of our psyche and it's shameful how diluted this part of the human experience has become due to modern culture and the consequences of technology and convenience driven lifestyles. If anyone reading this is having issues with food, I challenge you to exercise your state of being out in the elements of nature for long periods of time. You may need to find someone to help you in doing this properly. But if successful, you will find those difficulties or sensitivities vanish as your body adapts to the environment of our ancestors and the depth of what it truly feels like to both be hungry and to satiate that hunger. It's an amazing experience and it was important for my spiritual development.
As I write this I feel that I have not done justice in describing how transformative this was for me. I wish I could take the reader with me back in time and show you what I went through. I will never forget it. And while I have not again had the opportunity to live outside for that long, I still simulate that journey every chance I get. One thing my wife and I like to joke about with eachother is that meals are always better when we cook them outside. For whatever reason, a bowl of rice is just so much better when you're out camping than it is at home at the dinner table. And maybe that's just my own experience due to my background; but nonetheless it's a great breakthrough I've achieved and I know there are others out there who need this kind of breakthrough as well. Thanks for reading, and Godspeed to all of you.
This is SO powerful, and I'm so glad you took the time to share. The power of nature to transform us! It wasn't food for me, but other things that were transformed when I was in my late teens and also had a long-term outdoor experience. And that is the inspiration that got us to create our long-term programs here at ReWild University -- when we get away from everything we know and connect with nature on a deep level, we discover parts of ourselves that might have been invisible before. I LOVE your words here, and hope that many read then and realize the power of nature to change our lives =)
With love,
Kenton
Here in Germany we say: "Hunger is the best cook".
Nice! Sounds like it's a sentiment shared across cultures =)
I have never gone without food for lack of money or access. Blessed but spoiled I guess. Do some weekend canoeing with friends. Niangua and Meramec Rivers in Missouri. The night time campfire food and morning breakfasts always seem like the best meals ever. Add the stars, night nature noises, fire, smoke, friends, river sounds, sunrise, morning nature noises, fog, coffee smell. Always basic burgers, steak, baked potatoes, scrambled eggs, toast and real butter, only salt and pepper, no coffee sugar or creamer, sandwiches and chips. Sorry if TMI. First time I really thought on all this. Great times and great food! Thank you!
I love it! I agree -- somehow when you're camping, food tastes SO good. It can even be something basic, but wow! So delicious! As you wove that picture with your descriptions, I could almost imagine I was there. Not TMI at all! =)
This is a beautiful mention - I was locked out of my apartment in the early hours of morning and was waiting for someone to let me in - took until dusk for the landlord to let me in!
I know this is a funny (maybe even a poor example) but when I came in at night time to eat something I noticed how much it felt like my first meal of life!
Even the chores of cleaning up delighted me.
It’s wonderful.
What a beautiful reminder of the preciousness of things! You even found chores to be precious! Now THAT is exactly what I'm talking about here. Thanks for sharing!! =)
For some reason I felt hungry after watching this video :D
I just watched this video now. Interesting timing too, because right now is the month of Ramadan and about a billion people are fasting during daylight hours at this time. I am not a Muslim but I decided to join my Muslim friends a few years ago during Ramadan and see how long I could last. I lasted about three days before I started getting dizzy walking up stairs and they encouraged me to stop because I'm diabetic. :P
I've been "gone" for awhile and haven't commented, but I'm glad to be back. I know your advice is to not watch the news so much and focus on the here and now, but I have been so sucked into what has been happening in Gaza and trying to do everything I can to stop it. I can't control what happens but I've been doing what I can. People there are starving right now. Most people there at this point are going a day or more without any food.
Hunger has been on my mind a lot lately because of that. I hope this world changes and less people in this world go hungry. I think I will try fasting soon again as a meditative practice and see what I learn.
Thanks for reading my long comment, lol.
So good to see you here, and thank you for this thoughtful comment. I love that you gave this a try! Yes, it's so important -- many of us live in such abundance that our compassion suffers, because we just have no idea what it feels like to, for instance, go a few days without food.
By the way, you're doing what, in my view, we SHOULD do as far as watching the news -- using it to inspire real action, self-reflection, and self-change. Watching just to watch is one thing, but you're finding ways to turn that watching into helping the world =)
I fasted for 3 days once and the strawberry that I broke the fast with was the best I had tasted :) The fast forced me to slow down and be very considerate of every action so as to preserve energy - much like when you are really sick. I appreciate this slow introspective aspect to illness - it feels like the rest that we all need and deserve.
Such an interesting observation -- to find gifts in illness. Indeed, in our world of go-go-go, illness or injury are sometimes the only things that can slow us down to breathe for a moment in life =)
I do this often. You are right. When you let something go like food or air or whatever it may be, having that thing again is awesome
Nice -- glad to hear you already make this part of your life. Very enriching =)
@@ReWildUniversity btw. I really enjoy your knowledge and sharing. I don't have kids, but if I did, I'd want to teach them like you teach yours. Just a thought: offer a kids training camp for a few weeks a year, each season. I'm a teacher. I have found that those who are homeschooling before school are years ahead . Parents will pay you very well.
That's actually a really good idea, Chris. I've mostly concentrated on adult education, but we've worked with at-risk youth and youth on the spectrum before, and we of course love kids in general, so it would probably not be a stretch to offer something like that. I really appreciate the idea!
@ReWildUniversity actually really great to know that you work with autistic ppl. I am a teacher with autism and Tourette syndrome. Very difficult to find of keep a job, but o believe that any knowledge we gain should be passed on to preserve it and to have it passed on again. As I said, I am on the spectrum and have TS but I went against the people who said, "You can't " I got a BSc Environmental Science. Now im working on a MAT masters of teaching degree. I would like nothing more than to help everyone who is told you can't, you aren't smart enough to throw that in the faces of the people who told them that. I did. The teacher who said that to me, I sent her an email on the school system server when I was hired as a physics teacher. No response but I can imagine the look on her face.. NEVER tell a child (you can't) I'd continue with all of the YOU can't that I DID. But that's more or a letter than a posr. Thank you for your good work
Okay Chris, this just went from cool to awesome. You stood up for yourself, even when others told you it was impossible. And look where you are now! This is seriously inspiring. I'm so glad you shared, as it should be an inspiration to anyone who has ever not believed in themselves.
It's amazing just how delicious a tall glass of cold water can be after a long time in sweltering heat.
When I was a kid, our family drove back home from visiting relatives.
The morning was pretty cool and it was almost autumn so we didn't pack any water for the 5-hour drive.
Turned out it was to be the hottest day of that entire summer and our _(dark red)_ car had no real AC beyond rolling down the windows.
Didn't even realize just how dehydrated we all got until we were home and got some water.
Probably the best drink I've had, or atleast the most refreshing and sweet.
The same goes for simple, cheap food leftovers when one hasn't had any access to food for multiple days.
I had to go through that in early adulthood.
Didn't like tuna before that, but ever since I ate that leftover tuna pasta, I've had to keep tuna cans in the pantry just for munchies. 🤔
Yes! I've had similar experiences with water -- and in those moments, feeling amazed by the taste and feel and appearance of it. But to have a food (tuna) completely turn around for you -- that's awesome!
Yea good video. Fasting can take many forms, food yes, but also from Tech, News, people...
What a great point. And so good for us, as well, to take some time away from things like tech or news . . .
I was on a 20 mile hike and it was supposed to be 75 degrees... but it was 88F. And the drinking fountain was out, so I couldn't refill my water bottle.
I had to hike 10 miles without water in the heat. But I found 6 blackberries on a vine.
Each blackberry was better than a gourmet meal!!!
Oh YEAH!! Those must have been amazing!! Just trying to imagine that feeling of putting one in your mouth when you're that thirsty . . . wow!
@@ReWildUniversity Yeah, from then on, I loved blackberries. I was fully dehydrated. 100% dry mouth, dizzy, pounding headache, fatigue, staggering... It was pretty bad.
The funny part was when I did hike to one of the trailheads and get to a water fountain, the fog was coming in. Suddenly it was 55 degrees, 20mph winds, with light rain. Then the challenge for the last 6 miles was to stay warm.
@@Poisonedblade Ah, nature -- always playfully catching us off guard! =)
@@ReWildUniversity Sigh... Yup 100%!
Dear Kenton,
Could you post a video talking about how you work with psychological shadow?
Much love!
Hi friend! I'll put it on my queue -- I have a pretty long one, though, lol! It's an important subject, so I'll keep it there and see if inspiration hits =)
Yeah I think hunger is the best sauce too. Some of the best foods I have eaten are when I came off a 3 day fast only drinking water. I remember fasting only drinking water for 3 or 4 days and when my fast was over I ate a slice of extra sharp cheese and I fell back to the wall and closed my eyes and savored every bite. That cheese was the best I tasted in my life even though I had that cheese many times before in my life. True statement "Hunger Is The Best Sauce".
Spoken from experience, my friend! =)
We take too much for granite. I went longer than usual without food Once. I opened a can of pink salmon. You can feel the protein fueling your body. Better than getting high .
Agreed -- we can find such pleasure from the things we take for granted, if only we take a few moments in life to go without them, or even imagine losing them =)
Did a 32 hr dry fast over the weekend as it was pouring rain here for 4 days straight and I couldn't do much else. First food ingested was a 200g of fresh raspberries.. it was heavenly. The first sip of spring water too, I could feel my nervous system relax. Dry fasing ramps up your cortisol like crazy and it's not easy to sleep.
What a way to break a fast! Raspberries =) Yum!!!
I began intermittent fasting nearly four years ago - at this point, I do an intermittent dry fast - drinking sips of water when needed while eating nothing - for days at a time - a lot of health problems have cleared up - including life-threatening kidney failure, life-threatening high blood sugar and I feel a lot more peaceful - I've been vegetarian for 35 years - but my dad died from diabetes and kidney failure - so when my own symptoms began to appear, I knew my days were numbered if I didn't find a solution. Fortunately, I was already aware of the health benefits of fasting.
Yesterday, I ate like "normal" vegetarian eating - but today I've eaten very little - I will probably eat nothing - or next to nothing - for several days
I've known two people who fasted for 60 days - one middle-aged woman and one young man - I'm also aware that Jesus fasted in the Middle East and prior to that in East Asia.
Fasting can be next to impossible for most people, but certain secret portals by-pass the resistance.
Thanks for sharing this -- your words might remove fear for some people. And feel free to share any of those secret portals if you like!!!
@@ReWildUniversity I was doing intermittent fasting for a few years before I felt naturally inclined to begin intermittent dry fasting - I'm prohibited from giving advice on this - as you know - but I am free to share my own personal experience:
From the time I was a baby and into my 30's, I was given a terminal prognosis from over a dozen doctors because as a baby, I had rheumatic fever, whooping cough and pneumonia - simultaneously - and then in my early 20's, I was overdosed on antibiotics - by the dentist - which decimated my digestive system and launched an avalanche of destruction through my immune system and other internal organs - including my pancreas and insulin levels, my kidneys and so on - so I was spiraling down toward death in my 20's - I lapsed into a coma and nearly died.
I was too ill to work but I could sit in class for 50 minutes at a time - which resulted in me becoming a Doctoral Scholar - while barely alive.
Anyway, my professional-level research skills resulted in me finding solutions in nutrition, along with familiarizing myself with the handful of methods that cure almost anything - which includes fasting, cannabis oil, the Gerson Method - which is juicing organic vegetables - and a few others.
I've known people who survived a diagnosis of terminal cancer - by changing every aspect of their lives - including their diet, their spouse, their job, their exercise routine and so on - and for other reasons, I've known - since I was a teen - that the medical establishment is a colossal fraud.
As one of the thousands of secret society criminal cartels - worldwide - the Medical Mafia of Mass Murderers is being exposed - by the medical doctors - for all the world to see.
After decades of being so physically ill that I would go for up to five days without eating or drinking - because I was in too much physical pain - I knew, from experience, that I could dry fast for up to five days... Since fasting without food is too challenging for most people, I learned that intermittent fasting for a few years resulted in me progressing to intermittent dry fasting - taking small sips of water - for up to five days - with little to no food.
Eventually the realization set in that after the fast is over, overeating is likely to resume - the solution to this is realized because intermittent dry fasting inhibits the appetite:
By reducing the intake of water - with no other liquids and little to no food - my appetite subsided almost 100% - even when hunger was present - so I naturally progressed to intermittent dry fasting - with small sips of water - followed by healthy eating for one or two days, followed by intermittent dry fasting - eating nothing or almost nothing for up to five consecutive days.
I don't know what the next phase of this progress will be - but I walked two miles yesterday - and I definitely don't feel weak - I feel like the quality of my work is improving - and people compliment my work on a regular basis.
I expect my heart and other internal organs will continue to improve - as the dozens of painful and alarming "symptoms" continue to diminish - my back and my hips and my knees will also benefit from this intermittent dry fasting - which requires virtually zero will power.
So the secret portal to bypassing the resistance is intermittent dry fasting with small sips of water - which acts as a powerful force that subdues my appetite - as a natural progression, I think the MindBody knows best. I wouldn't "recommend" dry fasting to someone who hasn't already done years of intermittent fasting with a vegan or vegetarian diet.
BTW, the rate of diabetes among vegans is less than 4% ... I suspect that tiny 4% is probably eating bread and pasta, chips and other foods that convert into "sugar" ... so an intelligent diet is very important for those who want to live the highest quality of life - and for me - intermittent fasting for a few years, followed by intermittent dry fasting is a super simple solution.
When the nurse saw my blood sugar levels had dropped nearly 200 points in four weeks - and how my mental and physical energy had improved - she said she had never seen anything like it - but similar reports of this are online from other people who completely changed their diets in order to rapidly reduce their blood sugar levels - because a person with high blood sugar levels ... 400 or above ... can suffer from horrible internal bleeding and many other very frightening symptoms which for me was in addition to the symptoms of kidney failure that I had suffered with for two years.
I was eating pineapple and drinking pineapple juice nearly every day which eliminated my painful symptoms from kidney failure but launched me into the dead zone by causing life-threatening blood sugar levels - but all of that is gone now - I don't even need the pineapple anymore - thanks to the secret portal that bypasses the resistance and results in a diminished appetite that makes intermittent dry fasting super easy. ( long story short )
Thank you so much for sharing! I realize there is only so much that can be shared, but even a little bit is a reminder that there are "other ways". We can get so locked in to our cultural norms that we can forget that there are other possibilities. Your words are a reminder that other possibilities are there =)
@@ReWildUniversity I've hurled into the rubbish almost everything I was taught in school and in university - it's 99.9999% lies ... especially their lies about the history of our Earth ... which is mostly "theories" ... Since the 85 to 115 IQ's of geologists - and other Earth Scientists - are uploaded online by Psychologists - and since the 85 to 115 IQ's are the intellectual equivalent of school children, the intentional disinfo is exposed - for all the world to see - but few notice - because they are so dumbed down and drugged up with the poisons in the fake food.
Thank you for your replies. If you're interested in the true timeline for the formation of the Grand Canyon, you can find it documented in historic records - if you're interested in the timeline for "prehistoric" creatures whose thousands of giant skeletons have been found on and near the surface of our Earth while "ancient" cities are buried beneath layers of rock and debris, you can find it all explained in historic records - the timeline for Earth's expansion is also documented by hundreds of independent sources, the timeline for Earth's broken and subducted tectonic plates is also documented - as the Ice Ages are exposed as preposterous nonsense - by reports from our ancestors - on and on the evidence goes - but next to no one notices - because of the programming and indoctrination and mind control imposed upon the public.
excellent
Thank you =)
I did 3 days long water fast at home and it was challenging when you have kids you need to feed, and who like fast food. Seeing the food while you fast makes it more challenging. So, I think fasting while at forest can be a lot easier.
Yes -- definitely much more mentally challenging when you have food right in front of you! =)
@@ReWildUniversity What actually helped was to have a walk outside about twice a day. Going to bed earlier.
Me too -- just getting outside can work magic for me. Kind of pulls me out of the "gravity" of sitting there staring at food, lol! I had a similar experience recently as you -- I'm actually doing an upcoming video on it =)
I am learning to appreciate the look, texture, & smell of food while fasting & needing to prepare food for my child. It's akin to tasting food with my different senses.
Food that's "not food". Sounds like someone has seen Dr. Lustig's discussion on sugar and processed foods. [it's in my Med playlist here if you haven't and interested]. I haven't fasted in a few years (entire day or more), but did 3-4 days ones here and there. I will say you are glad for something again, after not having it. Maybe it's getting a little older or not staying hydrated as I should, but nowdays, I find if I go into the late afternoon without eating anything, a headache comes looking for me. Of course, I need to eat healthier in general... I gather that's playing a role in that, although I am fair apt toward headaches in general; been fighting that battle since I was a youngun.
Definitely familiar with Lustig -- and just personal experience and watching our forest monks go off junk food for a few months. Life changing to change our diet to whole foods! =)
@@ReWildUniversity Fun fact, Lustig means "funny" in German. I know I need to eat better, but the energy and motivation to do that... it's rough. You'd take me behind a woodshed if you seen a lot of what I eat. But you'd have to catch me first, so... >>:=p