XIIIPrinciple 13 of 21

Eat with attention

Food is the most frequent and most physical transaction between a person and the biosphere — several times a day, every day, for a lifetime.

MITAHARA · MEASURED EATING

Food is the most frequent and most physical transaction between a person and the biosphere — several times a day, every day, for a lifetime. It is therefore the most available place to practise everything else: restraint, gratitude, non-harm and attention, all in one act.

The practice

One meal a day with no screen and no reading. Notice how long it takes before that feels difficult.

A question to carry

Do I know where today’s food came from, and what it cost to bring here?

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