Eat With Grace

Eating is a graceful experience, is in not? 

Food is feeding more than just our physical bodies. Food feeds our mind and our spiritual bodies, once you tap into what you are eating, the time of day you are eating, who you are eating it with, and how it is being prepared and by who. 

For instance, if food is being prepared by angry people in a restaurant kitchen, then you will be likely to absorb that toxic energy into your minds/bodies, which will effect you on many levels. It might not taste so good or make you feel agitated during the meal. 

So, if you eat out a lot, which many people do in the West, then try praying/meditating over your food or do some energy work over your food to release that toxic energy attached to it.

Take time to prepare your food at home, sit and sink into the experience of thinking that food is nurturing and nourishing you on all levels. Make it a daily effort to making eating a sacred experience. Think about how much more gratifying it is when your mother or grandmother spend hours putting all their effort and love preparing a meal for the family. Much more satisfying and nourishing :)

Food is a gift, necessity and Earth's medicine. It is needed for survival but you need to change your conception and consciousness around what you are eating and what the sacrifices have been made to have feed become an integral part of your daily intake and growth. Once you see or realize the scarcity of food in some places in the US and abroad, you may better understand that eating food is not a luxury, but a gift.

Mother Earth has prepared food on Her land to give us what we need, nutritionally. There are different foods grown during different seasons, to nourish and detox our bodies/minds.

Fall Season: Sweet, Sour and Salty foods/tastes are prevalent. 

Spring Season: Astringent, Bitter and Pungent foods. Summer Season: Sweet, Astringent and Bitter foods.

Mother Earth has everything down to a science, following the natural biorhythms of creation and destruction. 

So, it is imperative to understand how food effects your particular body/mind. Supersize is something of the past, overindulgence is something of the past, improper food combining is toxic and can have health repercussions. 

The Western Diet is 80% Acidic/20% Alkaline which is why the West (esp. the US) has the highest disease rates in the developed world. Looking at diets of other countries, their diets are 20% Alkaline/80% Acidic and their rates of physical/mental diseases are no where at the stage that ours is.

Be conscious at all times of what you are bringing into your 'Sacred Temple'. Eat what you know is good for you and don't overindulge !! Make it a sacred experience and eat in silence, as best you can.