Compassionate Consumption of Food
When we think of compassionate communication often we think only of words. Words are very important but so is food how we consume our food it maybe even more so, is the spirit or attitude we have in the moment. Whether our health is compromised or not it is very important that we consume healthy food with a healthy heart. As we look at our food, we see the hard work and love that went into the growing of the food, the delivery system and finally the skillful preparations of the food.
How much we love to eat with friends and family when the food is prepared in a loving environment, then our body receives the nutrition from the food and the emotional nutrition infused from the environment. This feasting is always possible even when we are alone. You can have the benefit by changing your relation ship to food with compassion.
How do we do that? We look to the Metta equation (Gratitude over Greed = Quality of Life”. We look at the food and are grateful for it’s just being there and all the handwork it took to get to us. Then we are grateful for our body, that it has the capacity to process this food to help gain and maintain our strength.
