More than the Master Cleanse

I had been on the master cleanse (strictly water, lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper) for the last 6 days, but today I felt that it was time to end, so I went to Trader Joe's and got some juices, nuts, bananas and prunes to readjust myself back into eating solid foods, but more than detoxing my body, it turned into a spiritual and emotional journey.

On the way home I had a revelation and it came to me through gushing tears in the car. How fortunate and privileged I am to be able to end my fast whenever I feel like it - to just go to the store and buy the most fresh, wholesome and organic food. There are so many people in the world that do not have that luxury. I witnessed firsthand what hunger and desire was and no one should ever have to be put through that, especially when the means are available to end it.

Our country, the United States of America, has the ability to feed, educate, house, and give health care to every single person on the face of the planet, but due to greed and power, that resource is diverted into profit for 1% of the population's pockets at the expense of natural resource and exploitation of human labor, only to widen the gap between haves and have nots. These are politicians, corporate owners, world bank CEOs, and leaders of nations that are fooled into falling for the Corporatocracy.

I see this. It is so clear to me that most Americans are blinded and ignorant, but its not our fault. That's how they want us to be. Like cows, grazing and constantly consuming. SO IT IS UP TO US! It is up to stop this cycle! To spread awareness and reduce our consumption, recycle and reuse the things we have already instead of buying new. To many of our fellow soul-jahs are blinded into the facade and consumed by the material world. The fight now lies not in the physical battle quite yet, but in the belief system that we carry to not be those cows and feeding their system. To speak out against injustice, protect that which we hold dear, and spread awareness and educate!

The master cleanse has done more for me than I could imagine and it is just another one of the events in my life that build who I am. I am a revolutionary. I am a soul-jah, and when the day comes to stand up, the battalion will be there to rise with me against the forces of greed, corruption, and oppression.

Until then, buy from your local grocer and farmers market, go out of your way to recycle as much as you can, reduce consumption of useless products and frivolousness and for crying out loud, reuse and fix your things instead of throwing them away for more junk!

I am a revolutionary.