Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 THE ART OF EATING Imagine eating a delicious, healthy lunch in a cafe with friends and taking the time to savor every bite. Then imagine stuffing a burger down, drops of grease falling in your lap as you drive down a crowded freeway back to work. It's not hard to realize which of these scenarios is kinder--not just to your body but to your soul. Deborah Kesten notes, "Every world religion and tradition espouses bringing moment-to-moment mindfulness and non-judgmental awareness, to every aspect of the meal. Buddhists believe this is one path to enlightenment." Kesten explores the connection between a loving consciousness and food--how food affects our moods, the history of some of our eating habits, and how "spiritual nutrition" enables us to establish a healthier relationship with food, combining ritual, intention, spirit and love. Deborah Kesten , Program 2733 broadcast during the week of 11/22/99 to 11/28/99 http://www.newdimensions.org/html/audio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 1999 Report Share Posted December 3, 1999 In a message dated 12/2/99 6:49:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, david.bozzi writes: << David Bozzi <david.bozzi THE ART OF EATING Imagine eating a delicious, healthy lunch in a cafe with friends and taking the time to savor every bite. Then imagine stuffing a burger down, drops of grease falling in your lap as you drive down a crowded freeway back to work. It's not hard to realize which of these scenarios is kinder--not just to your body but to your soul. Deborah Kesten notes, "Every world religion and tradition espouses bringing moment-to-moment mindfulness and non-judgmental awareness, to every aspect of the meal. Buddhists believe this is one path to enlightenment." Kesten explores the connection between a loving consciousness and food--how food affects our moods, the history of some of our eating habits, and how "spiritual nutrition" enables us to establish a healthier relationship with food, combining ritual, intention, spirit and love. >> Golly Gosh...isn't this the height of yellow journalism? Note how you choose lovely words and scenario to suggest how non burger eaters might eat, and harsh, crude, sloppy description to describe the burger eater. Hey, a person can eat a steak and lobster dinner and be very elegant, surrounded by loving, gentle and thoughtful people, too. Or you can be in a vermin infested hut in some monsoon soaked segment of India, sharing vegetables with a bunch of rude and sloppy native Indians. See? Cultural pejoratives aside (Since Indians can be elegant, charming and graceful, too) how you describe the meal determines the context of aversion or revulsion, not the actual ingredients. The ingredients do not determine sensitive loving friends, nor the calm, joyful, and elegant manner of dining. Manners, education, culture and the fortune of having loving friends determines that. I have shared pizza, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian with friends when I was younger, and would say that some of those simple College age meals were just as thoughtful, loving, enjoyable and elegant as vegetarian meals in Communal or Group retreats, Ashrams, Satsangh, etc. Wherever I go, I see God...I do not see "do not" or "bad"...I see nature and all that is in it. That is why God allows, nay, that is why God ordains a universe where creatures eat other creatures...it is alright...it is not, of itself, an evil deed. Had God felt strongly enough about this issue, He could well have made humans vegetable eaters...period. Or we could have been made with long probiscae, designed to suck nectar from flowers like hummingbirds. Blessings Love, Zenbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 1999 Report Share Posted December 3, 1999 ZEN2WRK wrote: > Note how you > choose lovely words and scenario to suggest how non burger eaters might eat, > and harsh, crude, sloppy description to describe the burger eater. I didn't write it. Didn't you notice it was a link to an interview? Perhaps you should listen to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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