Aminos and Amor

Hi All. I've been slow to post because--well because I've been slow to post. Getting my head back into the midwest and putting the finishing touches on my studio and making sure I was BBQing chicken and brats on the 4th. All important in the large scale of things. I also watched my nephew Gabi's baseball game and walked for pizza with my niece Mili yesterday. If that isn't the secret to the universe then I don't know what is.

I can't remember what I've posted here but I wanted to make sure I've said something about amino acids.

Aminos are naturally occurring in your body and are basically what your brain needs to do its thing--but they don't naturally replensih after sever trauma or stress. Like a period of heavy drinking. Or years of poor diet. or anorexia or bulemia. Or any number of things that are almost normal these days. So it's no surprise that we got a lot of folks walking around feeling like life is a white-knuckle affair (and that the secret is somehow to tough it out or control it all).

Well, this is far from the truth. In fact, I'd say that if it ain't fun neither me nor my homies want none. Sure, things are scary, take courage, require effort, need training, but you can also enjoy everything along the way. In some sense that the whole deal.

This was a perspective I could but grasp until I was introduced to amino acid replacement. You do it for six months or a year, once you're no longer in dire straights, and, at least in my experience, you can achieve that feeling of normalcy that you forgot you had even lost. You know, walking down the street and just enjoying it because it's nice out, etc. Just a normal good day. There's plenty it can't do, but it's a serious brick in the foundation. Moving at the pace we do, most of us have depleted aminos and you've probably never heard of it. I know I hadn't.

It's a bit complicated, and I recommend (at least to start) that you pair it with the blood type diet and possibly some type of alkaline-acidic knowledge, but it really does just go to the heart of the matter. What if we're all walking around feeling like this because of bad chemicals. And we're all trying to find the right livelihood, doing yoga and reading self-help when what we need is an amino shake. It's certainly worth a shot. The book is The Diet Cure by Julia Ross (I believe that's her name). The treatment was originally developed for addicts and has the same success rate as AA without any counseling. Add counseling and it's much better.

It's good for eating disorders as well, but if you've got permanent circles under your eyes, are always tired, reaching for that cup of coffee, or cigarette, or donut, or potato chips, or ice cream, or glass of wine because you just want whatever it is to stop, then your problem may be rooted in aminos. It takes a bit of a healthy diet to get enough aminos in the first place, so if you ate pasta with soy sauce and drank 40s of Country Club for a few years like I did back in the 90s, you may need to investigate. Aminos are the body's natural caffeine, morphine, muscle relaxant and anti-anxiety medication.

Basically, what I do to walk around loving the world 90% of the time is diet, exercise, do what the fuck I want with my life, commit to growing physically, spiritually and personally. And make sure I have fun. Boy this sounds like a third grade teacher. I have no idea if anyone gives a rat's ass about this or not. But I was compelled to write it so there you go. Oh, I also pray and live on faith. A ridiculous, impractical, minute to minute faith that believes at its core that there is no reason to panic ever. Especially not just because you're hungry, tired, are going through a transition, just woke up, don't know what the hell you're doing, etc. If we had to worry about those there wouldn't be a spiritual tradition on earth that was still in business.

In a sense, not panicing is the whole thing. And then you just slip from not doing a negative to doing the thing you want--doing a positive. Right from the start. You probably don't want a new car, a new house, etc., etc., as much as you want to feel like you've got a new car, a new house (new boobs?). Well, what I learned is that there's no reason to wait. Just feel it and more than likely it will come. No new house yet, but I've got one picked out. If you promise to believe me if I get it, I'll invite you over for a BBQ (but you've got to believe before I have anything--step out on faith). Right now I'm just a 38 year-old who lives at home with his mom and sister. Lots of love..