The Fullness of the Moment
What to eat… With the accessibility of the Internet and its endless supply of knowledge, in addition to the various documentaries on the subject, it can be tough to determine what is really good for you to consume. One site or film will say that Paleo is bad, another will say vegetarians put their health in jeopardy, and others will say any and all grains will drain your brain. If you really research the other side of any nutritional opinion you will find just as much sound reasoning. Then, of course, there is the claim that no matter what we eat it is all laden with chemicals and hormones, either naturally from the air quality or from purposely enhanced injections. It is maddening that in such a modern era, no matter where we turn, we have to be vigilant and ask questions about the source of our food, as we find that the most basic need for human existence is now either modified, distorted, or at risk, and what is so disheartening is that this is not by Mother Nature’s doing but by our own. How did we get here, where almost everything we can potentially put in our mouths is harmful? Does fear drive our society that much or is there a real cause for concern? If one really investigates the basis of our food dilemma, one will probably find that the only 100% non-distorted or non-modified source of energy is that of the sun, leaving the idea of living as a breatharian a viable option.
This is all said not to lament about our food industries but rather to highlight the importance of listening to your own intuition and doing what is best for you. In nature, we see the perfection of balance and how she intuitively stabilizes herself when necessary. It is a lesson that we can apply to many areas of our lives from how we spend our time to what we eat. Just like certain movies or books resonate with you, it is the same with which nutritional regimen would work for you. And also, just like certain movies or books moved you at a certain point in your life but may not later, such is the same with your taste buds. This is why it is important to continue to question everything and to check in with why you make the choices you make because things change, we change, and it is important that our human nature be given the chance to balance itself with the fluctuating of the tides of our understanding.
Consider this, it’s not about what you eat but how much you eat of it. It’s about the balance of fullness and taking the time to pause and digest the moment. We live in a time where we continuously take in stimulation, where the term “bingeing” is no longer used to describe an illness or condition due to one’s eating habits, but the manner in which we take in our favorite television series. Currently, in our vernacular, we have the question, “So, what are you bingeing on these days?” A leading question that was once regarded as a disorder where one used food in an unbalanced way for comfort, but now is asked in a fully acceptable manner, especially socially. In our modern world, “full” is the new black, it is the new norm. We eat until we are full. We drink until we are happy. We watch TV until our eyes are so tired that we can’t take anymore. We no longer have sources outside ourselves that tell us when enough is enough. Everything from food to entertainment is available to us 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Thus, the job now falls on us. It is up to us to awaken ourselves from our own self-given unconscious coma and consciously begin to ask ourselves, “what is enough?” And luckily, 24-hours, 7 days a week, our inner guidance is just as available and accommodating.
Nature teaches us the importance of balance and it is time to listen. She teaches us of stillness and the power of a pause in order to digest the fullness of each moment. For example, when the ground is already saturated with water, it needs time to absorb the heavy rain. Is this not a valuable metaphor for our over-consumptive ways of living? There is power in allowing food, an experience, a song, or a conversation to digest, for we need time to take it all in, those miracles that happen in each moment. Beauty is not best as something stuffed inside us but rather as something that is allowed freedom, the freedom to move and discover her own expansiveness. And as we allow our existence to explore the beauty of spaciousness, we just might find that there is an unbelievable fullness in emptiness.
Now is a time to rise up and do something different, but not because someone told you to, rather because you innately know you have had enough; enough food, enough outer stimulation, enough being told what is right for you and how you should be, and enough being told that everything is harmful and hell-full. Basically, you have had enough of the unconscious coma and this call to action is not action as you know it to be, it is a call to actively pause, as counterintuitive as it may seem. It is time to feel your own fullness and to clean out those areas where you are unhealthfully oversaturated. It is time to reflect and digest your experience in this very moment, in order to know what serves you best, from what to eat to how to be in the world. When you abide in the fullness of your emptiness, that place beyond questions and answers, what arises for you? This is how you rise up!
The fullness of each moment is a miracle and worth the pause, in order to witness your valuable place in it. A place that is completely well fed, well rounded, and well known, but only by you. A place where you have enough, know enough, and are enough, just as you are. Namaste.