Cultivating Mind

Living Sustainably

If we hold too rigidly what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind
— Martha Beck
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
— Marcel Proust
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Introduction:

THIS WEEK I WILL...

  • Learn about the history and truth about the Standard American Diet

  • Identify optimal nutritional habits, and establish optimal cooking and purchasing habits.

  • Contemplate & Meditate on and how and why bodies crave optimal foods.

The Goal: Re-establish our relationship with our food; and Cultivate Purpose through maximum enjoyment of preparing and eating food

The Goal:

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Can you coax your mind from its wandering
and keep to the original oneness?
Can you let your body become
supple as a newborn child’s?
Can you cleanse your inner vision
until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them
without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters
by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from you own mind
and thus understand all things?

Giving birth and nourishing,
having without possessing,
acting with no expectations,
leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.
— Tao Te Ching

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality."