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Soul Sustenance 13-07-2013
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Cooking And Eating With A Spiritual Touch (cont.)
When the subtle, spiritual aspect of cooking is taken into consideration, the role
of the cook extends from simply creating tasty, nourishing meals with fresh ingredients,
to including a spiritual connection with those who will be eating that food. The
aim will be to touch and fill the heart as well as the stomach. The love of the
cook, and his or her motivation to offer sustenance, will nourish as much as the
physical components of each dish. Food cooked by a person who is angry, depressed
or full of arrogance or hatred will have a different effect from food cooked with
feelings of love, peace and the pure desire to serve. In other words, we are what
we eat but also the thoughts, feelings and attitudes that go into what we are eating.
Even in today’s hectic lifestyle, when there sometimes seems to be hardly enough
time to cook, let alone do so peacefully and caringly, it is therefore definitely
beneficial to develop a positive attitude towards cooking. Before undertaking any
food preparation, remind yourself that the task at hand can and should be an enjoyable
and creative activity or experience, rather than an unpleasant, time-consuming activity.
A good practice, then, is to meditate before cooking and then to let preparing the
meal itself be a creative, meditative experience which yields a balanced, health-promoting
diet for the body as a temple for the soul deity. Food always tastes better when
it has been flavored or with love and happiness.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 13-07-2013
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True fortune comes to the one who recognises and uses his treasures with an honest
heart.
Projection: Sometimes we might be faced with certain situations where we
find that we are not very fortunate. We find ourselves thinking about all those
things that we need to have in order for us to be able to bring a positive outcome.
Because of this kind of thinking, we tend to miss out on perceiving those treasures
that we can make use of.
Solution: There are a lot of treasures within us that we can use in our practical
life. These treasures could be our talents, skills, or some specialities of ours.
Under all circumstances we need to have an awareness of these treasures. When we
are aware of them we will begin to use them in our daily life instead of just expecting
things to happen right. This is what will create a good fortune for us.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris