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                       Self and Creativity                                                ... from page 16 ..

               by Esmeralda Raven Aponte


            Self and Creativity is about our personal
            labyrinth. It can take a lifetime to realise that       d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole
            we carry the direction of our lives ourselves.       grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into
            All it requires is a little introspection.           an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food
                                                                 including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes
                                        What you love is achievable so   that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels
                                        it is important to keep pushing   within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy
                                        your ideas into reality. In time   cells.
                                        from now you will be more dis-
                                        appointed by the things that you
                                        didn't do than by the ones you      To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and
                                        did do. So throw off your restric-  drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean
                                        tions and expose your heart.   sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day.
                                        Explore. Dream. Discover. Live   Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40
                                        off your passions.       degrees C).
                                        To dream and create is to      e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caf-
                                        express what resides deep in   feine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting
                                        your soul in order to connect
                                        with yourself and then be able   properties. Water–best to drink purified water, or filtered, to
                                        to share with others. Do not be   avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled
                                        fearful but instead be coura-  water is acidic, avoid it.
                                        geous because your ideas are
                                        worth trying.            12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of di-
                                                                 gestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines
            We need creativity in our lives to keep us expressive and open to emo-  will become purified and leads to more toxic buildup.
            tion. We need it for development. It gives us the ability to communicate
            the deeper aspects of some things that are beyond the capacity of words
            to express. Creativity deepens and extends our existence individually   13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refrain-
            and collectively. The more you do it the better you become. Improving in   ing from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack
            your field is endless and that in itself is beautiful. Believe in yourself and   the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer
            know that others out there want what you express.    cells to destroy the cancer cells.

            The pomegranate symbolizes prosperity. The many seeds in a single   14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-
            fruit stand for the seeds of life, the abundance of creativity. If we look   ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.)
            upon our lives much like the pomegranate we are abundant with ideas to   to enable the body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells.
            try out and to grow from.
                                                                 Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apopto-
            Esmeralda Raven Aponte is an Austra-                 sis, or programmed cell death, the body’s normal method of
            lian born, Sydney based surreal artist.              disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
            Her imagery evokes a world of unfold-
            ing whimsical stories through her use                15. Cancer can be a disease of the mind, body. Anger, unfor-
            of symbolism. She brings to light roots              giving and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic
            in Colombian folk and Latino art.                    environment. Each cancer in the body has a different emo-
                                                                 tional cause which has been identified; in other words the
            Esmeralda finds inspiration through                  emotional cause for cancer of the left breast is different to
            her dreams composed of fantastical
            creatures and other-worldly settings.                that of the right breast and to cancer of the colon, etc. Major
            Her beliefs into the mystical forces                 stress causes suppression on the immune system. Learn to have
            greatly influence her paintings and                  a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life. The
            allow her to explore their blending                  carefree extrovert seems to be far less vulnerable to cancer
            together with the aspects of life. Her               than the caring introvert.
            world full of wonderment expresses different states of experience and
            exposes the strong relationship between plant, animal and human world.   16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.
                                                                 Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen
            To see more of Esmeralda Raven Aponte’s art visit her on   down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means
            EsmeraldaRavenAponte.etsy.com and
            facebook.com/EsmeraldaRavenAponte                    employed to destroy cancer cells.

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