Each time you sit to eat a meal, a community gathers around you.
As an eater, you acknowledge the sacred domains of life: the earth and its
riches, the pride of farmers and the joy of being alive.
As an eater, you design your own existence.
You are called to the table by familiar fragrances that reach out to you from the
kitchen. As you gaze at the food prepared for you, you can remember how
much you are loved. You can remember the farmer who grew the vegetables, the
harvester that gathered them, the merchant who displayed them and the hands
that prepared them.
Your meal is like life: the contribution of many is always present in a single
moment.
Eat mindfully so your whole body will feel the sacred message food brings to
you.
Reason: 261 Page: 279 From: Kiss your Life
By: Dr. Ann Mody Lewis, Ph. D
Eating Mindfully:
Commentary
Awake! Awake! O sleeper
Of the Land of Shadows,
Awaken! Expand! (William Blake,”Jeruselem”)
Our relationship with food began in our mother’s womb. From her body, our body grew.
After birth her feeding continued. Her mindfulness determined our health.
For years we ate for pleasure, without shame!
We ate for fun!
We ate with curiosity!
We allowed our mouth to taste whatever it saw!
We touched our food without caring about where it landed on our face!
During our childhood we gave eating our full and unembarrassed attention!
Gradually, however, we learned to be suspicious of food because it could spoil our beauty and distract from our goodness. Sadly, the person who fed us may have separated us from the blessings of food. We may have lost the sacred freedom to enjoy what our body graves. Now, to be conscious of the Earth we share, we must be appreciative of the food it provides, because each time we Eat Mindfully we agree somewhere ‘inside’ to continue to live.
Eating Mindfully makes YOU a co-creator of your life!
+ Mindful Eating is preparing foods with passionate anticipation of the richness they bring to you.
+ Mindful Eating can remind you of how sacred you are each time you ‘break bread’ alone or with friends.
+ Mindful Eating brings foods to your table that can become ONE with your body.
+ Mindful Eaters are guided by their “sixth sense” because they know food is a messenger of the Earth’s abundance.
Join the discussion this month to: Awaken! and Expand!
