My direction and introduciton!

[jjvssp]

My name is Jacob. I am 19 years old from Washington State. I am a software programmer. I've been learning macrobiotics for about 1 year now. I'm good friends with AgentX

My direction::

I am sure you get threads like this all the time. I am just wondering if my direction seems to work ok to offer advice and write about?

I believe (I've been learning macrobiotics about 1 year now) that Macrobiotics alone isn't enough. I believe that there must be a certain balance. I believe that balance is unqiue to each person. I believe that what may work for one person doesn't nesscarily work for someone else. I understand the importance of Macrobiotics and the things that it offers the body; nourishment, hapiness, fufilment. I've been spending a lot of time in the books, surfing the net, etc in order to find a very understandable approach to it. See, I'm a bit different than some. I believe that your body needs to whined down before you start something like this. That you can't take it all in at once, and that it will take time to learn to control your diet and lifestyle.

Some people can jump in while others have to whined down. I'm one of those that needs to whined down. Instead of completely not eating my western staple diet completely, I minimize it. I eat it now and then and more and more introduce new variety of macrobiotics into my life. I understand the importance with each salad and soup I eat and create. I understand that the western way has just caused us to decline and more medicine to be introduced to "quick cure" something. I've lived that lifestyle for almost 18 years of my life. Just now am I understanding the change and I'm enjoying my path.

That's just it. I feel that if you are comfortable and progressing in this (unless you are sick) then you should take the time you need to get aquainted with it. Am I wrong? Thoughts?

[Manymoons]

Hello Jacob
Balance is the buzz word. Yin/yang is everywhere and active in everything. This universe is all yin/yang. Macrobiotics are unique because yin/yang is addressed consciuosly as compared to those that go through life being pushed around by yin/yang and not recognizing the pattern of what is going on.
Each of us are indeed different in that our basic balances vary. Some register yin more readily while others register yang. Our mothers and fathers are a clue as to our initial balance. We are made of the dynamic of how they related to each other and to us, what they ate, as well as their strength individually. The closer yin/yang are to each other, there exists less tension, much in the same way as the electrical potential between negative and positive. When yin/yang are together as one, they do not necesarily create a "o" , but a new entity some what like zero- vector Physics.
Eating this food is a tool to keep the yin/yang at managable intesity. It is far more difficult, if not dangerous, to deal with extreme yin/yang than smaller yin/yang.
Western diet is loaded with extreme yin/yang, especially in refined maufactured items. Be carefull using these elements because they can over power more subtle elements rendering them useless or even pushing them in a even more damaging direction.
Therefore go slowly and consistantly. It will afford you the lattitude to observe what is happening in a managable way. I recomend you avoid all simple carbohydrates and stong animal elements as they do have very pronounced yin/yang and can over power you, hence preventing you from seeing what is your own real balance.
The goal is to integrate your yin/yang so that you are more able to have "access" to all yin/yang of the universe and not be limited by your own imbalance.
I hope I have tweeked you interest if not answered some questions! This is an exciting and rewarding endeavor! Enjoy your journey!!!!

Manymoons