Comments on: Daily Dharma 06: Eat Mindfully

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:22:10 +0000

This is one I have been working on for some time, there are times when I realize that my plate is clean and I did not notice what was on it. Doing Oryioki (meal ceremony) during sessin helped with helped me with this, the meal is more about the ceremony than it is about the food.

Also, my wife and I did not, until recently, bless or chant or read poetry over our food now we do the a chant that I got from our zendo. The shortened version we do goes like this: We reflect on the effort that brought us this food and consider how it comes to us. We reflect on our virtue and practice and whether we are worthy of this offering. we regard it as essential to keep the mind free from excesses such as greed. We regard this food as good medicine to sustain our lives. For the sake of enlightenment we now receive this food.

By: Amy S.

Amy S. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:53:29 +0000

hmmmm. i’ve been attempting to be more mindful while i’m eating. fresh summer corn was thoroughly savored this evening. in addition to my sometimes hectic pace of life and eating while on the go, i also struggle to have some sanity about food as far as guilt and and overthinking my eating habits. it’s hard to be immersed in US culture and not have some twisted sense that delicious food and fat are the twin relics of an evil unhealthy lifestyle. too much overthinking or dieting or “watching what you eat” in that sense, deadens my enjoyment of both the food and my body. i just wanna eat a good sandwich and love it and pay attention to what my body needs and never think that much about calories.

By: Sattva

Sattva — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:08:57 +0000

This is well timed for me. I’m on day 4 of an ayurvedic cleanse. I’ve noticed that I never eat meals and always eat while doing something else, the hardest part of this week for me is just sitting still and actually eating a real plate of whole food instead of eating a quick snack while doing something else.

The cleanse starts off pretty meager and increases food as we go. Right now I am so grateful for vegetables after eating spicy daal for a whole day. (sattva makes a nasty looking face) Today sitting with a bowl of oat meal will be a big treat.