The nature of overcoming.

[Plenum]

But what happens with those desires that are contradicting each others?

E.g.: You desire to be less overweight and you also desire to eat when hungry (while being hungry most of the time).

This is but one example of the dilemmas I face everyday.

Ra did speak about balancing our desires, but that is still unclear to me when it comes to everyday living here in 3d.

hey Patrick, I don't mean to be patronising, but there is a solution to your specific problem.

let me tell you my own story about food.

I might have mentioned before that my dad was a chinese chef, and that for most of my growing up years, he ran his own takeaway shop. He worked long hours, but the consequence was that we got to eat well

what he cooked for us was not the stuff he served up as chinese takeaway; it was more traditional, and based on thousands of years of Chinese people experimenting with optimum blends of ying/yang energies in foods.

so food was not an issue for my first 18 years. It was just transparent, and worked. It was healthy and satisfying.

but after my 'spiritual awakening' I thought I would re-invent the wheel, and change everything about my life, including food. So I dabbled with vegetarianism, veganism, fruitarianism, Atkins, etc, etc. Nothing was satisfying. Some left me tired. Some left me hungry. Some left me restless.

it was an issue of technique. I just hadn't found the optimum diet to suit this particular physical complex's needs. You might have read about blood type diets, about ectomorphic diets, etc etc. Everyone has their set of parameters in which they will function very well.

As it turns out, many traditional/indigenous diets strike a very strong balance between health, energy, longevity, and climactic conditions. That is a good place to begin investigating.

some people feel a strong draw towards a meat-free diet, and spiritually mentally and physically, it is absolutely perfect for them. I have noticed that many converts convert early in life. It calls out to them. Others have a different balance.