Check out the live webcam of Tony in at the Studio Bar in Penzanace, he’s been awake for 10 days and 8 hours, the current record is 11 days, it looks like he will have no problem beating this record. Lots of media interest, you can see photographers from national newspapers shooting him and listen in as he does various interviews on the phone…
The research of Tony Wright has fascinated me since I first came across it and it has influenced my life in many ways. His basic idea is that the left half of the human brain is damaged but in control, while the right half has some amazing abilities which we are mostly unaware of because the left half of the brain doesn’t allow us. There are various techniques for accessing the right brain, notably things like meditation, but what Tony has found most powerful is sleep deprivation, which is what has led him to his next experiment, to try and stay awake for 11 days (and by doing so break the current world record). This experiment starts in 2 days on Monday May 14th and if you live near Penzance, Cornwall (England) you can go and visit Tony and see how he’s doing. See the website www.sleeplessinpenzance.co.uk for more info.
The other exciting development is at last the publishing of Tony’s book Left In The Dark (Edit: Now called Return to the Brain of Eden). I can’t recommend this book enough. Go and buy it now and don’t put it down until you have read it all the way through (ok, you can have a break to have a nice raw snack and go to the loo;-).
I got this email today from a customer I had just sent some maca powder to:
“Should the raw powder be stored in the internet, or an airtight tin?”
My reply, keep it in an airtight container of course, if you store it in the internet, the mouse might eat it!
(I’m not making this up, someone really asked me that question!)
Watch this video by Terrence McKenna, it might be the last one you need to watch. “We have to stop consuming our culture, we have to create culture. Don’t watch TV, don’t read magazines … create your own…”
[Edit: original video seems to have been removed]
So, I’ve recently being getting into young coconuts, they’re available in some local shops now and I worked out how to get into them! Today I made my morning hemp milk with young coconut water instead of water and it was delicious. This is what went in:
Blend and strain (through a muslin bag or sprout/hemp milk bag). Simple as that and delicious. I then used this hemp milk to make chocolate pudding, I know I’ve given this recipe before, but it changes all the time so here’s my current version:
Put everything into the blender along with the hemp milk and blend until smooth! There is no correct way to make chocolate pudding, just experiment and see what you like. I make it different every day!
Many people say to me that they don’t know how to open coconuts. Well, I found this video which includes a part about how to open a young coconut. Note that this coconut has been “shaved”, ie it’s green outer shell has been removed, if the coconut you buy still has it’s green shell, the shop might shave it for you if you ask (depends on what kind of shop it is).
Edit: Video has been removed
This video is from Audry’s Filling Up on Life blog which is great, lots of raw food and gardening/permaculture info.