Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
Use your Buddha eyes to look at each nutriment you are about to ingest. If you see that it is toxic, refuse to look at it, listen to it, taste it, or touch it. Ingest only what you are certain is safe.
Thich Nhat Hanh • The Heart Of Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy and Liberation
Unfortunately, because our society so demeans cooking, it is hard to approach it without some resentment, without some feeling that your time could be better spent, that you are above this. To make a yoga out of cooking, first realize that this mundane activity is very spiritual, not something to get out of the way, but to approach with sincerity a
... See moreCharles Eisenstein • The Yoga of Eating - Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self
(beginning with allowing themselves to use food as a way of supporting rather than punishing themselves)
Geneen Roth • Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
Everywhere, knowing how to stop short of satiety helps you to savor life and, more important, helps you to be free.