Cultivate an attitude of gratitude for the food on your plate, say thank you and bless the farmers, the earth, the sun, and the rain. Take some time to give your full attention to the act of eating, of really enjoying your food. Experiment using different utensils like chop sticks, or your hands. Create a pleasing environment, light a candle, turn off the TV, especially the daily news, find a comfortable place to be, perhaps outside under a tree, maybe a comfortable chair, or

There is no one aspect of who you are that can be isolated, separated, or removed from the wholeness of you. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, intuitive, and energetic bodies all combine to create a unique, miraculous, complex, system that thinks, feels, moves, tastes, smells, dreams, and interacts with all life both within and without. You are part of the whole, you are inter-dependent, you are beingness itself, a vibrating presence connected to the source of life. Pau