Mente Sana

¨ Life is but a mask worn on the face of death¨ -Joseph Campbell.  Joseph Campbell's quote, that of a mask worn on the face of death, seems apt for the times we live in. Statistically, more than 25,000 people die of hunger each day in the world, the vast majority of these children. Coronavirus kills people with a compromised immune system, roughly 2% of those who are infected, and out of this margin, 2% approximately will die from the disease. It is well-known that people with other serious health risks or those of advanced age, or suffering from preexisting conditions such as diabetes or asthma are at a higher risk; other groups, such as pregnant women , obesity, smoking , heart-disease and sickle cell disease , as well. With a population of over one billion people, China had one million people infected, of which slightly over 5,000 died. In contrast, the U.S., with over 96 million people infected, had more than a million deaths. China's response to the virus, aided by the ...

Have you had the kiss of breath? No, this is not a metaphor; it's not a riddle, either. You may ask that to a complete stranger once they become familiar with you, and no coworkers or people you live with. No random strangers. No friends. Or many friends but only if it's time to move forward.  You can tell when someone's welcomed in. Let them through, have their divinity light up the sorrowful alleys of life; become so that once the things that seemed new, are now dull and tiresome, you can then retire in peace to battle. Let us not wait to meet up, we want to experience that old flame anew.  People you meet rarely get to you.  They don't get you, so don't let them get to you. They speak in tongues, and the ones that we listen to are demoted entities of our path herein, iterations of celestial clay.  Those who surround you, the ones closest to you, are the strangest of all. Like inhabiting a forgotten land in a long gone era, a room without doors, full of shattered ...

Cambiar a una dieta a base de plantas fue el despertar de un nuevo día. Antes ya había buscado por un cielo en tierra  Con la introducción de esta dieta a mi vida, noté el cambio -mejor dicho, la transformación- de la noche a la mañana. El sueño nos elude a la gran mayoría de nosotros, de tener una dieta que regule con eficacia el apetito y, ante todo, que now ayude a mantener un peso ideal sin grandes esfuerzos y nos brinde equilibrio emocional, que nos dé una piel más lozana, que nos llene de energía. Si empezamos por detallar los aspectos positivos, restaríamos importancia a la historia que les quiero contar y que es fruto de la consciencia, ya que comiendo más frutas y vegetales, carbohidratos, nueces, es llenarse de vida y dejar atrás el fantasma omnívoro que hace estragos no solamente a nivel personal sino ambiental, sin contar el sufrimiento innecesario de los billones de animales que sacrificamos anualmente para saciar el apetito carnívoro.  En un comienzo, mi único pr...