There are few things to keep in mind. Intellectually you may know that the body is an illusion, however the experience of the body being an illusion is a completely different thing. The purpose of forgiveness is to lead you to the experience of Who you are, before that however, it is not a matter of what you should eat or not eat but what your internal guidance is asking you to do at each present moment. You can be a vegetarian, which is perfectly fine, but maybe your body is asking for meat at some point because there seem to be a nutrient that your body is needing that can only be found in meat. But because you are so attached to the label "vegetarian" you ignore your inner guidance allowing your intellect to make whatever decision you think is best for you, ultimately suffering the consequences. Yes, it can be argued that you can take the nutrient as a supplement, my point is, what if you are in the middle of a camping trip, away from civilization and what is available to you at the moment is buffalo meat, what are you going to do then?

Let me share a personal experience, which happened before I became A Course In Miracles student. I remember once coming back from a camp and feeling shortness of breath and my eyes seem to be blurry. I did not know what to make of it so I just asked God to guide me. I did not feel like going to a doctor, not because there was anything wrong with that but because somewhere deep within just did not feel right. That night, as I was drifting to sleep I was saying the words, ìI am perfect health, I am perfect whole and complete.î Next morning I heard such a loud voice, one I could not ignore even if I tried that said; "Co Q10." Without questioning I went to my local health food store and purchased a bottle of it and the symptoms were gone. That's all my body was needing at the time. In case you don't know what CoEnzyme Q10 is, within the realm of the illusion, it is an antioxidant that is found in high concentration in human heart and liver, kidney, spleen and pancreas tissue. It is a part of the cells' electron transport system. And just for the record, the highest concentration of CoEnzyme Q10 is found in fish, meat and poultry.

Here is another experience. I read a book claiming that according to my blood type, which is A+, I should have a vegetarian diet and even suggest the foods I should eat as well as the ones I should avoid. Some of the foods I should eat included soy products also peanuts, which gave my huge amounts of gas while throwing my body completely out of balance as well as to avoid bananas, which is a great source of potassium for me amongst all sorts of food combinations. Long story short, my health was a mess until I started eating what I wanted without any guilt. I even used to have all sorts of supplements costing me over $100 a months, I got rid of everything and without supplementation my health is back to normal. As of the writing of this book all I do is have a bottle of green powder and my CoQ10 supplement.

Now let's go a bit deeper. What is a placebo effect? Isn't it a sugar pill that if you take it believing that it can positively affect your health would yield to the same result as a regular drug? See, the writing is on the wall. The question is, why people still buy into the manipulative tactics employed by a capitalist driven society? Because of marketing. I say this and will say it again. Choose God first! Learn to listen to your inner guidance and you'll be led as to what is best for you, understanding that you are not trying to heal anything that is not real but to wake up from this dream.

From personal experience I can say that as I practice forgiveness and listen to my inner guidance more, I am guided to foods that are more in alignment with what most would consider a healthy diet. But I don't do it because I am trying to protect a body that is not real but because it feels right for me. And the side effect may be a body filled with energy and vitality, which I do appreciate without being attached to it. I do take care of it and exercise it, once again, because it feels right for me not because I have to.

Nick Arandes was part of the self-help movement for close to 20 years. Published 4 books, produced CDs and DVDs, wrote countless articles and touched the lives of many wordwide BEFORE becoming homeless, broke and diagnosed with a thyroid tumor. Then something happened that forever changed his life! His miraculous way of achieving perfect health without any medical intervention and financial success with effortless ease led him to the creation of his Manifesting Miracles Course online at www.FulfillYourDreams.com, which to this day continues to transform lives worldwide! To find out more about his work, also make sure to visit his website: www.TruthAndMiracles.com