Resistance is an Ally
Raw food nutrionist David Wolfe was in town last week and got to spend some good time with him. I've just started working on my new book, Flame & Shadow: Yoga and the Search for Identity in America, and I interviewed him for one of the chapters. One of the concepts he discussed, resistance, was made into an essay...
RESISTANCE IS AN ALLY
By Derek Beres
Resistance
1. To strive to fend off or offset the actions, effects, or force of.
2. To remain firm against the actions, effects, or force of; withstand: a bacterium that resisted the antibiotic.
David Wolfe is an interesting character. After receiving a vision in his mother’s house in 1994, he realized his life path was to share the benefits of raw food. The very fact that you’ve heard the term “raw food” is most likely due to David, one of the many wings of his multiform influence. “Going raw” is no easy task – there are many stringent rules that few, literally, can stomach. Food cannot be heated above 115 degrees in order to preserve as many enzymes as possible. It is an organic and vegan cuisine. Raw, or living, food is usually prepared with a Vita-Mix blender, powerful juicer or by “uncooking” it in a dehydrator (which allows perfect temperature control). In a nutshell: this is no easy path.
Since 1995 David has delivered over 1,000 lectures internationally on the benefits of this lifestyle, most notably his Naked Chocolate sermons. Nature’s First Law, the company he helps operate, was the first to distribute raw cacao internationally, making the very seed of what we call chocolate widely available. His accompanying book proclaims cacao the world’s finest food, and he is relentless in his passion. The other night while nibbling on creamy cauliflower samosas in a banana tamarind sauce and a kiwi lime tart with a macadamia almond pink peppercorn crust at Pure Food & Wine, I asked him if he has ever faced resistance in his 11 years of lecturing on this topic.
“Never, not once,” he replied. “Resistance is self-imposed. As long as I do not resist anything, nothing can resist me.”
The previous Saturday David was giving a Naked Chocolate lecture at Lila Wellness on Bowery. He was posing various questions to warm the crowd when he asked, “Who here realizes that everyone’s beliefs are right and we’ve moved past judging one another?” A few hands raised, though not nearly the number as when he asked something regarding the wonderful qualities of chocolate. It was a powerful moment for many reasons.
To read full essay click here.
RESISTANCE IS AN ALLY
By Derek Beres
Resistance
1. To strive to fend off or offset the actions, effects, or force of.
2. To remain firm against the actions, effects, or force of; withstand: a bacterium that resisted the antibiotic.
David Wolfe is an interesting character. After receiving a vision in his mother’s house in 1994, he realized his life path was to share the benefits of raw food. The very fact that you’ve heard the term “raw food” is most likely due to David, one of the many wings of his multiform influence. “Going raw” is no easy task – there are many stringent rules that few, literally, can stomach. Food cannot be heated above 115 degrees in order to preserve as many enzymes as possible. It is an organic and vegan cuisine. Raw, or living, food is usually prepared with a Vita-Mix blender, powerful juicer or by “uncooking” it in a dehydrator (which allows perfect temperature control). In a nutshell: this is no easy path.
Since 1995 David has delivered over 1,000 lectures internationally on the benefits of this lifestyle, most notably his Naked Chocolate sermons. Nature’s First Law, the company he helps operate, was the first to distribute raw cacao internationally, making the very seed of what we call chocolate widely available. His accompanying book proclaims cacao the world’s finest food, and he is relentless in his passion. The other night while nibbling on creamy cauliflower samosas in a banana tamarind sauce and a kiwi lime tart with a macadamia almond pink peppercorn crust at Pure Food & Wine, I asked him if he has ever faced resistance in his 11 years of lecturing on this topic.
“Never, not once,” he replied. “Resistance is self-imposed. As long as I do not resist anything, nothing can resist me.”
The previous Saturday David was giving a Naked Chocolate lecture at Lila Wellness on Bowery. He was posing various questions to warm the crowd when he asked, “Who here realizes that everyone’s beliefs are right and we’ve moved past judging one another?” A few hands raised, though not nearly the number as when he asked something regarding the wonderful qualities of chocolate. It was a powerful moment for many reasons.
To read full essay click here.
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