http://www.sacredcravings.com/ Sacred Cravings - Our bodies dance with food and our surroundings. Cravings are sacred when they balance mind, body, and spirit. en Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:36 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Annam Brahmaa Raso Vishnu Pakto Devo Mahesvarah. Evam Jnaatvaa Tu Yo Bhunkte Anna Dosho Na Lipyate Food is the creator(Brahma), Nourishment is the sustainer (Vishnu) The god of Digestion is the Destroyer (Shiva) If you know this, when you eat The doshas (impurities) of the food will not become a part of you. From Dr. Lad's Book - Ayurvedic Cooking http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/12/prayer_of_food_to_the_creator.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/12/prayer_of_food_to_the_creator.html Blessings / Food Poetry Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:36 +0000 In the heart of a chef, the juicy abundance of the earth is dancing, and the world is a big belly digging up turnips. Fertile colors and raindrops are overflowing. Eating it, tasting it, and becoming the colors, the chef is also becoming juicy like a river after a tropical rain. -Joseph 8/27 http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/the_faith_of_chefs.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/the_faith_of_chefs.html Blessings / Food Poetry Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:05:55 +0000 We ask of our cravings show us your root help us choose healthy food, and to eat according to our need. We ask our cravings to be sacred, please lead us to holiness. And may the energy of this food help fulfill our most high purpose. Joseph (08/12/08) http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/prayer_of_good_health.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/prayer_of_good_health.html Blessings / Food Poetry Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:25:06 +0000 The plate becomes a painting; Its bright color shines on the chef. It is served; sizzles, steams or strikes. Soft, crispy or contrasting. The guest wishes to pray, His eyes become wide and breath deep; The well made dish is glowing with life energy. Joseph (08/12/08) http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/well_made_fresh_food.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/well_made_fresh_food.html Blessings / Food Poetry Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:03:17 +0000 Read the food before you eat it; the glow and the prayer have left. Dull in color, temperature lukewarm. Texture soggy, dry, and hard. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/aged_or_overcooked_food.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/08/aged_or_overcooked_food.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:04:32 +0000 Choosing the ingredients was an inner journey. It was rooting out spirits in the food; they had their essence. When I approached the ingredients with my body, their spirits lit up in mine. They also revealed my spirit and my wish. They came together; the recipe was a dance that existed only in a moment. You knew the essence of the ingredients. Then the meal could become a spirit meal. One made it light, another heavy. They contributed textures, temperatures, sours, salts, sweets, and bitters. Heavenly aromatics, sensual, savory. -Joseph (3/16/2006) http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/choosing_the_ingredients.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/choosing_the_ingredients.html Blessings / Food Poetry Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:42:17 +0000 Dr. Vasant Lad, Ayurvedic Institute. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/eating_outside_attracts_a_weir.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/eating_outside_attracts_a_weir.html Blessings / Food Poetry Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:59:50 +0000 Dr. Vasant Lad - Ayurvedic Institute http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/pray_over_a_glass_of_water_at.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/07/pray_over_a_glass_of_water_at.html Blessings / Food Poetry Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:55 +0000 says Alana Greenberg, Ayurvedic Practitioner. The beginning of every recipe should be a prayer, and ginger carries the prayer into the food. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/06/offer_ginger_to_the_recipe_fir.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/06/offer_ginger_to_the_recipe_fir.html Blessings / Food Poetry Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:32:03 +0000 says Claudia Welch, Acupuncturist & Ayurvedic Practitioner, over dinner. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/01/hello_future_me.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2008/01/hello_future_me.html Blessings / Food Poetry Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:30:49 +0000 Food comes alive in your presence, reaching out, laboring, taking the time, always more to cooking than meets the eye. Each thing asking to be seen, heard, known, loved, a companion in the dark. The body within the body, the place where everything connects. Ripe, succulent fruit, leaves, stems, roots, seeds: the innermost mind awakening, fully manifesting. What are you up to, after all? What is a way of life that is satisfying, fulfilling, sustaining, and sustainable? A sticky honey jar, the half-empty cup of coffee, each asking to fulfill, each offering the touch of the beloved. Enter, plunge into the heart of the matter: an unknown destination, an unknown adventure unfolding with your wits about you and your not-so-wits. Things emerge in life, Life emerging in things. No separation. Concentrating on food, concentrating on myself, with heart opening, hands offering, may everything be deliciously full of warmth and kindness. Coming from the earth, coming from the air, a cool breeze, a spark, a flame, go ahead: Cook, offer yourself, hold nothing back. Cooking is not like you expected, not like you anticipated. What is happening is unheard of, never before experienced. You cook. No mistakes. You might do it differently next time, but you did it this way this time. Things are as they are, even if you say too much this, too little that. And if you want things to stay the same, remind yourself they have no unchanging nature. “Wherever you go, remember, there you are.” O.K.? Go ahead. Keep moving. Watch your step. Found by Joseph in the introduction to Brown, Ed. The Tassajara Bread Book. Boston & London: Shambhala, 1995. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/09/food_comes_alive_in_your_prese.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/09/food_comes_alive_in_your_prese.html Blessings / Food Poetry Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:00:06 +0000 Taste buds evolved. Our body created them. We encountered nature, the bounty, and the body reduced her permutations to six. The body knows the six tastes, created them, connected them to cravings, emotions, the mind, the cry of organs. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/evolution_created_taste_buds.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/evolution_created_taste_buds.html Blessings / Food Poetry Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:11:24 +0000 This food before us, an altar; The temple, you. My lover and I face each other while eating, God is in our midst. Meal brings me home to your holiness, your divine nature. And through eating, we create life together. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/altar_of_food.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/altar_of_food.html Blessings / Food Poetry Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:11:03 +0000 With each sentence, a new garden, a breath. I sit down to study and I pray. Eyes open, eyes closed, fragile, precious thoughts, meeting you like a new friend. You are water for the garden. Sharing new thoughts with all my experiences, In meditation, Time passes, gentle exhalation, Thought, I’m coming closer to you. I’m becoming the new knowledge. Soft and peaceful. I am already beautiful, already abundant in knowledge. studying out of joy. http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/i_sit_down_to_study.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/07/i_sit_down_to_study.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:09:46 +0000 The moon unfurls her sail, a glowing pearl. gliding through the waves of the blue night. Our organs, moons, sailing on the breath of prana, a spacious cool breeze. Silver dust travels from organ to organ. moon and blue electricity gathering, into the third eye where ocean condenses into sapphire. -Joseph, Feb 2007 http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/02/moon_organs.html http://www.sacredcravings.com/2007/02/moon_organs.html Blessings / Food Poetry Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:10:23 +0000