storage inside

Our body behaves like a driftnet in the sea. At a given time there are many substances in the environment that are trapped in the mesh. Yet the mesh is constantly renewing itself by the rapid turnover/renewal of our cells. Many cells we loose take with them what they collected. This is particularly evident in our inner tube e.g. intestines and on our surface the skin (our largest organ).
Many advisers have us believe that we accumulate enormous amounts of chemicals over a lifetime and that we can get rid of them through cleansing. Yet what we would find in our body today might be a lot different from a few days earlier depending on where we (the driftnet) traveled through. What we get rid of by internal cleansing and drinking a lot of fluids are mainly water soluble items. The stuff that hides in the fat stays put.
Health professionals advocate strenuous exercise as part of the path to longevity. While such activities make good sense especially for our circulation the benefit may lie in the effects on the skin. This organ contains elements that can eliminate both water- and fat soluble matter. Thus for instance we sweat a lot of salt through sweat glands. Yet we cannot forget the thousands of sebaceous glands that excrete a lot lipids and therefore fat soluble compounds.

Thus many propose rigorous exercise, with perhaps some pain involved >>leading to sweat, is a way to get rid of what is stored in the fat. There is some further indication about that connection when we think of the mammary glands that are modified skin glands and are very efficient in mobilizing fat stored chemicals; so efficient that we worry about exposure of the offspring.
What is inside wants out ! Let's give it a sweat ! more activity less storage of noxious stuff........

Scientists and especially pathologists who know so much about our phantastic ability to get rid of unwanted stuff will explain that just letting the body do the work is the best option. No extra "medicines" are needed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jan/05/detox-science This site will help to understand myths and facts.

The skin is very much connected to feelings. Does it play a role in opening up, letting bad stuff out and good sensations in ? There is a hint:
the skins' connection to music
(an ad for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra: Goose bumps)

We not only accumulate toxic compounds to which we are exposed, we also store detrimental feelings that can shorten our life and we aggravate the effects by adding chemicals (medicines, drugs etc.). Getting rid of them is hard work too and often causes lots of pain. As with physical exercise we might do well consulting a friend or a coach (see blog synchronicity) . Where are those negative thoughts and feelings stored ? Fat or blood or bones (Robertson Davies "What's bred in the Bone") ?

James Fitzgerald "What Disturbs our Blood"(Random House Canada) explored that aspect in his quest for redemption.

hiding under ground

The warm summer days encourage many activities. Collecting mushrooms brings me close to nature and outings are often followed by some wonderful culinary experiences.

Chantarelles make a phantastic meal !

All the time I am reminded that what I am collecting are just "decorations" or perhaps flowers belonging to an organism I would not know where to find without them. Some of these living creatures are enormous:
Enormous mushroom
These "decorations"are in a state preparation for many months waiting for the right moment to come out, catching our eye and telling us where they are. They want to be seen! They come out from inside the ground and give us a fine show if we take the time to look.

Yet looking is often not enough. For anything that wants to be seen a degree of synchronicity is required. Thus we often stumble over what we were looking for just a few moments before or do not find what is obviously waiting patiently. We must be receptive for these moments, open up.