MacroBlogInk: MacroMania
Posted 12-10-2007 at 11:11 PM by Caroline
Many macro-moons have passed since I blogged here. Those moons found me often in varying states of lunacy, of course. It's a challenge to surf the tidal flows of bipolar disorder (manic depression) but I started blogging at cybermacro to record the progress of my healing of this mood disorder that sorely vexes me.
Some days are better than others. That's true for everyone, I know. I can be truly loony, though--and that does not mean Canadian currency. I am battling the beginnings of a mania due to obsessive thinking. In macrobiotics, an extreme imbalance in the heart energy can result in being "excessively passionate." It's an addiction for me. Truly it is. Perhaps it is best to channel that passion into a will to be whole, to be healed through living in accordance with the Order of the Universe that is spoken of by macro-sages.
Yes, eating whole grains and chewing them well really does bring me into a peaceful state. It is true. I still must also use varying doses of psychotropic medications, such as Zyprexa, but that is alright. No macrobiotic counselor has ever recommended I go off medications except under a physician's care when they are no longer needed.
I have to remember that when I attended the Kushi Institutes's "Way to Health" program in February 2003, I was taking a the anti-psychotic Zyprexa daily. Now I only take it as needed for mania. That is a very big deal, indeed.
I do not hesitate to use it if I must and now is one of those times. Most of all, though, I strive to cook and eat macrobiotically, which focuses on whole grains, vegetables, and beans, as well as other fare, and which helps balance the extremes of a polarizing mood disorder.
I've become quite fond of barley and I make a sort of stew with barley, vegetables and beans. It is a kind of peasant fare, I suppose, but I often crave it now. That would have never happened before. On my spiritual path, I have been taught my mentor Elizabeth Clare Prophet that barley helps prevent "imperil," which is defined as a sort of chronic irritability that is quite dangerous spiritually. At any rate, I have found the grain quite grounding and delicious.
Sometimes I think I've made barely any progress, but now I can see I've made progress through barley...
MacroPeace,
Caroline V. Ritter
Some days are better than others. That's true for everyone, I know. I can be truly loony, though--and that does not mean Canadian currency. I am battling the beginnings of a mania due to obsessive thinking. In macrobiotics, an extreme imbalance in the heart energy can result in being "excessively passionate." It's an addiction for me. Truly it is. Perhaps it is best to channel that passion into a will to be whole, to be healed through living in accordance with the Order of the Universe that is spoken of by macro-sages.
Yes, eating whole grains and chewing them well really does bring me into a peaceful state. It is true. I still must also use varying doses of psychotropic medications, such as Zyprexa, but that is alright. No macrobiotic counselor has ever recommended I go off medications except under a physician's care when they are no longer needed.
I have to remember that when I attended the Kushi Institutes's "Way to Health" program in February 2003, I was taking a the anti-psychotic Zyprexa daily. Now I only take it as needed for mania. That is a very big deal, indeed.
I do not hesitate to use it if I must and now is one of those times. Most of all, though, I strive to cook and eat macrobiotically, which focuses on whole grains, vegetables, and beans, as well as other fare, and which helps balance the extremes of a polarizing mood disorder.
I've become quite fond of barley and I make a sort of stew with barley, vegetables and beans. It is a kind of peasant fare, I suppose, but I often crave it now. That would have never happened before. On my spiritual path, I have been taught my mentor Elizabeth Clare Prophet that barley helps prevent "imperil," which is defined as a sort of chronic irritability that is quite dangerous spiritually. At any rate, I have found the grain quite grounding and delicious.
Sometimes I think I've made barely any progress, but now I can see I've made progress through barley...
MacroPeace,
Caroline V. Ritter
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So good to read your words again, Caroline.
And how delightful that your spiritual mentor's name is Prophet!!!!! (sorry having technical difficulties here - Gary, how do I respond if I can't keep looking back to read her original words? I could get fancy and put it on another page and then go back and forth, but I'm afraid I'm a bit too lazy for that!!) On a different mb discussion group, the old topic has come up of how much power do our thoughts have over our healing?? There of course doesn't seem to be any definitive answers, and I feel as you do, too much thought can also be a strain. But you seem to be the thoughtful kind, and very much also the creative kind - I love how you word your descriptions so gently, though I am sure your challenges are anything but that. I would love to read more about your spiritual paths - do you live in a country kind of atmosphere? I hope there's Nature's beauty abounding in your life. It's wonderful that you are journaling your progress - so you can indeed see the progress. Thank you for sharing your world with us. Love Klara |
Posted 12-11-2007 at 06:24 PM by Klara
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