Food
My little experiment in grazing and dining in the garden this week is making something clear. One needs a lot less volume of stuff going in the mouth when the stuff is just picked. The mind worries about not having enough to eat, when the reality is that we have plenty to eat right in the back yard garden. Add a little fruit, and that should do it.
It is our conditioning around the social value of eating cooked processed food together that holds us back from seeing the obvious. Eat your food right off of the plant or tree and you will receive way more nourishment. Just reporting from my experience.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
bravo dear ken and please allow me to concur on your observations! i have found the same: eating off the vine is associated with more “fullness”. and i don’t just mean the stretching-of-the-stomach kind. perhaps being nourished is about so much more than the amount or the choices. perhaps it’s about what one’s state of being is (i.e. what one is thinking and feeling about themselves). i am really loving your blog entries. i thank you for giving me another excuse to feel good……whether i am imagining you smiling in your garden, eating a flower or dabbing khus oil on my forehead!