(This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Go back to Part 1.)
Thus anyone experiencing lack of energy must first look at de-toxification. This doesn't mean using outside agents. None are needed; the body itself does the detoxification in all its forms. What we do is supply the body the conditions for de-toxification, and the body does the rest.
The basic conditions for the body to de-toxify are extra rest and sleep, and a diet that is high in raw, unrefined, low-fat plant-based foods. For instance, if we become a vegan or a fruitarian for awhile the body is able to de-toxify more because it is receiving fewer toxins and expending less energy on digestion.
If we want to take the de-toxification process further or more rapidly, we can do a fast. This can be a short fast of a few days or a longer supervised fast, and it can be a water fast or a juice fast. The subject of fasting is a big one in itself; for more info on it, please consult the books The Natural Way or Handbook For Humans.
Second, the person experiencing a lack of energy must look to the process of conserving energy. What this means is getting greater rest and sleep, and consciously avoiding situations that can utilize or drain a lot of energy.
In the financial markets there is a saying among professionals: "They slide faster than they glide." What they mean is that a market can take a long time to build itself on the upside, but can plummet on the downside much more quickly.
The same principle applies elsewhere. It can take months or years to build an office building, for instance, yet it can be demolished in seconds. "They slide faster than they glide."
This applies to energy production and dissipation in the body. Energy accumulates in the body through a slow, patient process of eating right, getting good rest and sleep and so forth, yet this slow accumulation of energy can be quickly dissipated.
By what? By anything that places a large stress on the body. For instance, it can be strenuous physical activity. Sometimes people who are experiencing a lack of energy engage in strenuous activities to demonstrate or prove how much energy they have. Such demonstrations of strength in energy-low people can be rapidly lowering the body's energy account even while the "proof" is proceeding.
Conversely, when we're lying in bed and resting and looking weak, that is when we're gaining energy. That is when the body can and does apply extra energy elsewhere in the process of de-toxifying and rebuilding itself.
Other situations that can rapidly lower the energy account are situations of stress, such as emotional stress or getting too cold or overwork and so on. It pays to become very conscious of such energy-depleting situations and avoid them in favor of situations that are calming and relaxing.
Thus can the body de-toxify and rebuild itself, cell by cell. As this happens, the cellular machiny, including the energy machinery, becomes more efficient and productive. And the inner energy account slowly rises.
And externally, we experience this as a long-term rise in our general energy level.
—jim sloman, 02/02/01 for Feb 2
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