Music/ Dreams / Fast / Diet

I've been to a concert where my classmate Tatyana Kolesova was a soloist. She played the famous Tchaikovsky's Concerto no.1. The other hour it was Dvorak's cello Concerto, and it's the first time I've heard a cello solo not recorded. At first I didn't like it, but after some 5 minutes I felt something in the stomach area - the area which I perceive as the solar plexus chakra and which is the part of my body that gives me signals when I visit a sacred place. And there was a moment when I felt tears in my eyes... Who could tell me a couple of years ago I would enjoy classical music??? Well, I liked several pieces of music like Grieg's Morning mood but I wouldn't digest a classical music concert. "For the times they're a-changing", and I'm changing, too. (btw, I love this version of Bob Dylan's song)

I haven't learnt to meditate, not yet, can't organise, can't concentrate. But the images I already receive/see when I close my eyes while listening to some quiet and/or harmonious music or thinking good positive thoughts, - these images are great. Sometimes I can direct the stories, but usually I'm just passively watching and enjoying them. Sometimes they are full of colours, sometimes there are only a few colours, very seldom I see it in brownish&greyish&whitish. Usually the speed of actions is the same as I'm used to, ie not very high, but once in a while I receive images that alternate extremely quickly. Sometimes a new understanding of familiar ideas comes to me during this cartoon-watching experience.

My dreams are a bit different now. Sometimes when I wake up I physically, with my skin, feel what I was doing in the dream, for example hugging. It kind of surprises and puzzles me but for now I like it. =)

I can't fast more than one day :( The second day I feel too bad in the morning and a classical remedy glass of water doesn't help. But drinking 2-3 litres of schungite water a day is no longer a problem!

I tried eating a lot of nuts in the evening (mainly cashews that I ordered from London and pistachios, a bit of hazelnuts and walnuts) and yes, you can gain weight eating raw!!! (the question is Do you want to?)

99% of what I've been eating recently is:

-different sorts of apples (!!!)

-grapes (!!!)

-dried apricot halves (!!) (finally found a good supplier, untreated apricots)

-cabbage (!)

-carrots

-dill (!)

-parsley (!!!)

-green onion (!)

-melons (!)

-pomegranates (!)

-tomatoes

-cucumbers

-nuts

-lettuce

-persimmon (last year this month I was eating tonnes of persimmons, this year I've had maybe 5 pieces...)

Buckwheat, wheat, chickpea are bought for sprouting in winter.

Music, live

A schoolmate of mine is a gifted and internationally famous pianist. Every time she's in Moscow and gives a concert she invites us through vkontakte.ru (~Ru Facebook). Last Saturday I enjoyed a concert where they played Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto no.3 and Brahms's Symphony no.4. And during the first part (~50 min) I closed my eyes and tried to meditate. It was a fantastic experience! A good symphony orchestra and a piano live, it's what I really like. Each and every cell of my body was enjoying the concert and the harmony it brought.

Ecological footprint and Petroleum

Being a conscious consumer (or considering myself to be one) and trying to overcome the feeling of guilt before our dear planet, I'm on my way to lessening my ecological footprint and changing consumerism habits and I'm thinking about the (negative) impact I personally have on the world.

What I am doing or going to do:

~eat less as I am really consuming too much, enjoying a bit of this, a bit of that, and that thing over there please... while I'm already full after a couple of apples.

~make sure the lights are off everywhere when we don't need them as it's an old habit to turn on the light in the whole flat and the tv when I come home.

~try to avoid plastic bags ie try to persuade shop assistants in the supermarkets not to put each item in a separate bag but put several stickers on one bag with several items. Almost impossible: they keep telling me their boss will tell them off if they don't do that. Easier with the marketers.

~use double-sided copy and printing and scrap paper whenever possible. This is a big issue in my current job.

~transport. I move a lot around the city and use not only the underground but the marshrutkas several times a day. No solution now

~choose the greenest of the alternatives whenever possible. Here the budget constraints come into play. For example, just bought a couple of plastic containers from Ikea, not of wood or rattan nor textile mainly due to prices...

10 most surprising places to find petroleum here Comments are good as well..

Ok, in my case there's no toothpaste but tooth powder made of herbs only, but I still need the tooth brush, hm... After some months on a raw food diet one doesn't need a deodorant. No pillow is good for our health but sometimes I use it... And the glue and candles...