I'm going pretty well, lost 5kg (11 pounds) since I started this.
What about everyone else?

I think I can say I believe in karma. it is altogether too horrible to think that some people have awful experiences "because they attracted them". and that is what literal loa is - you are always attracting everything that happens to you. i don't believe that. I would like to think that if someone has a truly horrible life experience it is for one of two reasons: 1) they have done something that caused them to be punished by life 2) the negative experience is teaching them something. i would like to think all negative experiences exist for a reason -- that they have the seed of future good in them. what do others think? 

mmmmmmmm yummers

OK FOLKS!!! as promised to Cherished --

DC's Chocolate Crackles

1 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup raw cacao
1/2 cup cacao nibs
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup rice bubbles
1/2 cup medjool dates, chopped
2 tablespoons malted rice syrup or honey (adjust to taste)
handful of nuts (chopped or whole)


first melt the coconut oil and mix it with the raw cacao till you have a smooth paste or liquid
then add the rice syrup or honey, sweeten according to taste; texture will thicken
add in oats, then rice bubbles, continue to stir thoroughly
mix in dates and nuts


You should now have a nice-tasting crackly mixture. If it isn't sweet enough add more sweetener, etc.

now put the mixture into two mini muffin form trays and put in fridge/freezer depending on how quick you want it to set.

pull it out after a time (maybe 15 mins in freezer) and carefully pop out your little chocolate nests. i lightly greased the forms with coconut oil to aid taking them out.

enjoy! most things can be swapped (eg if you don't like oats add more rice bubbles or whatever), i have variations that i may post in time once i've bothered to measure them, one is very nice where you have mainly dates mixed with the chocolate, it's sweet (in all uses of this word!)! you can also add sultanas, cranberries, other dried fruit, chopped prunes.... the possibilities are endless!

glad you liked it! here is one more related to not blocking the flow of love by saying the things like "I must have that one person and only him and no one else"

If you have pure love to give, you will never experience pain from it. For every drop of love you have to give, there are a thousand souls who are willing to receive it - even need it. It is your ego that forces upon you the need that one person you target MUST accept and reciprocate your love. The pain is not caused by the giving, the pain is caused by the wanting.

Love is the pure expression of your awareness, or of your inner self. It is one of only three expressions of awareness. 

Let that love flow! Let it flow to those who are WITH you, who life and karma have given to you as gifts. Yourself. Your children. Your parents, friends, colleagues, brothers, sisters, neighbors, strangers - why hold back?

Animals. Plants. Your terrace garden. Your hobby. Your job. The universe. Let your love flow. Live completely in each moment, expressing yourself fully and giving love freely.

Romantic love is the most over-inflated myth of the western world. The more important you make it as something you have to achieve or reach, the more difficulties you will face. A love match is a by-product of your state of being. It is important to put romantic love in perspective, and embrace a more holistic, complete view of life and love. When you embrace this, love will land like a butterfly that comes out of nowhere and perches on your arm on a warm summer day, only because you are so still, and so absorbed in reading that book in your backyard. Effortless. Painless. Joyful. Delightful. That is the true nature of love.

GRASS!!! look, it's smiling!