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MINDFUL EATING
Our mind is with our actions.
When you pay attention to the apple, that is mindfulness.
When we eat we usually think. We can enjoy our eating a lot more if we practice not thinking when we eat. We can just be aware of the food.
To be truly present we have to stop our thinking. This is the secret of success.
just two things: the food that we’re eating and our friends who are sitting around us and eating with us. This is called mindfulness of food and mindfulness of community.
Breathe in such a way that you are nourished.
When you prepare a meal with artful awareness, it’s delicious and healthy.
People can fully enjoy the meal with body and mind,
Eating is not only nourishing for the body, but also for the mind.
We can set an intention to execute our tasks in a relaxed and serene way,
While cooking, allow enough time so you don’t feel rushed.
SETTING THE TABLE Eating a meal in mindfulness is an important practice. We turn off the TV, put down our newspaper, and work together for five or ten minutes, setting the table and finishing whatever needs to be done.
“Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile,”
Breath
COOKING WITH JOY Cooking can bring us a lot of joy.
I see cooking as a way to offer nourishment and care to my family and friends.
The energy of love and harmony in the kitchen will penetrate into the food that you’re cooking to offer to your loved ones and yourself.
A GRAIN OF RICE CONTAINS THE UNIVERSE
We just focus on the food. We see the food as the cosmos.
take a bite of the bread and chew mindfully, you are truly in communion with all of life.
TAKE YOUR TIME It’s good to take time to eat, because the time for a meal can be a very happy time. Take time
Enjoy your meal. Stop the thinking and be there fully, body and mind.
CHEW YOUR FOOD, NOT YOUR WORRIES
Don’t chew your worries, your fear, or your anger.
In order to eat with joy, we have to turn off “Radio NST”: Non-Stop Thinking.
EATING MINDFULLY IS A PRACTICE
In our daily activities, we often rush from one thing to another. In
THE VALUE OF A MEAL We should reflect deeply on what we buy and what we eat.
The best food is often very simple.
Please sit when you eat. When you sit, that is a reminder to stop. You have nothing to do, nowhere to go.
Bring the mind back to the body. Your body is always available for you.
“Breathing in, I am aware that my body is still there. Breathing out, I smile to my body.”
Breath
Mindful eating helps us regain this freshness, nourishing our spirits as well as our bodies.
Mindfulness is recognizing what is there in the present moment.
ARRANGING A MEAL You can arrange your schedule so you have enough time to eat.
Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are. Tell me where you eat, and I will tell you who you are.
We are what we ...
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A meal is an opportunity to show gratitude to those that came before us and those that will come after we are gone.
Or our way of growing, distributing, and eating food can be part of creating a larger healing. We get to choose.
“What shall I eat today?” is a very deep question.
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations proposed that the meat industry be reduced by at least 50 percent in order to save our planet.
be aware that each bite is deepening your connection to the planet.
In Vietnamese, they say “please have a sweet, delicious sleep.”
delicious food must be healthy food.
If you eat but you are bound by a hundred strings of worries, anger, irritation, stress, and projects, then these one hundred strings are pulling you in one hundred directions.
They can feel the collective energy of deep peace as everyone breathes in and out.
Sitting at the table and eating with other people is a chance to offer an authentic smile of friendship and understanding.
You can stand there and enjoy washing dishes.
DISHWASHING AS MEDITATION
breathing in, feeling joy; breathing out, smiling.
