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Nourishing liFe

by Jody Mountain

Ancient Wisdom guides us back to fundamental

truths about who we are as human beings.

My fortunate encounters as a student of every 7-10 days. Clearly, we are being lived by
Hawaiian Kahuna Abraham Kawai’i, gave me a Wisdom that is beyond our comprehension.
new avenues through which to experience
existence through the body. These pre- This Ancient paradigm teaches that not only
historical indigenous teachings are based are we mostly Life, but that this Life inside of
in the simplicity of Oneness. In other words, us is itself Alive with consciousness. While we
‘Everything is connected to everything else.’ are in this body, we cannot separate spirit and
When we apply this knowing to the human tissue, except in our imagination.
body, we may notice that nothing occurs Perceiving from this embodied place,
in isolation. While we may imagine that our nourishing ourselves with food can become a
emotions are somehow separate from our new adventure. In our current modern world,
thoughts or spirit, they actually all occur in Food is often used to fill an emotional void,
the same location. All of us is always here, or suppress difficult emotions, hence the
now. The memories of our childhood don’t popularity of ‘comfort food’. How does our
disappear when we go to work and our relationship to food change when we take
hopes and dreams are not erased when into consideration this Great Mystery inside
we’re at the dentist. Moreover, our conscious of us? We must be willing to listen with new
experience of Life, and even our identity are ears, without agenda or interpretation. Eating
in deep synergy with the more expansive part what we think is good for our bodies is not
of ourselves: our cellular processes. Although the same as paying attention, and letting our
we may identify with who we ‘know ourselves whole system be heard. The language of the
to be’, we are, in reality, mostly Life Itself. body includes emotion, sensation, rhythm,

When we consider just what has occurred in texture, temperature, image and color. The
our bodies in the past 24 hours, without our practice of listening to the language of
conscious participation, we might realize that consciousness as it appears in the body can
even our most brilliant thoughts are tiny in open new doorways of communication with
comparison. Since yesterday, the Life of your Life Itself.
body has shed and replaced approximately 1 We humans are used to being ruled by
million skin cells and your heart has pumped the mind. If we can create a practice of
2,000 gallons of blood through blood vessels holding open attention in the body, we
which include 40 billion tiny capillaries. We can notice how we actually feel in the
have a brand new stomach lining every 4 presence of certain foods, how the sight,
days and our taste buds renew themselves smell, appearance, and taste impact our

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