A Closing Thought
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org,
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Written by Laurel Sherer
When we choose to become more conscious about the foods that we put into our bodies, we can feel the various energies that they hold. A specific food will not feel the same to each person, yet there may be energetic similarities in groups of food. Let us look into a few of these generalized energetic qualities to get a feel for the vast difference in how foods can affect us. Food that is highly processed goes through many alterations that involve machines, people, warehouses, and modes of transportation. These foods are seriously altered when they come to us in packages, and they are also packed with the energies of our fast-paced, consumerist society, perhaps even with the energies of depressed or unhappy people who work in the food factories. We often eat such foods when we feel emotionally unclear, sad, unconnected, or angry. We take in a glob of hectic energies that need to be processed by our energetic bodies, taking the place of processing any emotions we were experiencing before eating. We eat such foods in order to suppress the emotional states that we do not know how to deal with.
An example of food that is energetically very different from highly processed items is organic, garden-grown vegetables. These vegetables are connected to the earth, sun, and water. They hold the peace, clarity, and wisdom of the universe. When we eat these foods, they bring this wisdom and clarity into our bodies. We are then more clear ourselves and can more easily feel our emotions and connections to the universe and our true Self. However, we still need to be ready to deal with the emotions that will inevitably arise just because we are humans living in a challenging world.
A powerful question that I invite you to ask yourself before eating is: why do I want to eat this right now? If you are eating as a way to make yourself not feel the emotions or energies that you are holding, I would suggest finding other tools to help you deal with these emotions. This is when you are ready to do so. It can certainly be challenging to face emotional states that we have built such fear around by suppressing them over time. Yet, do we want these to stay unresolved and continuously affect our bodies, emotions, minds, and spiritual connections?
As with all aspects of life, we can approach nutrition through a rational or intuitive perspective. We can also be forceful or gentle. There is so much guilt and fear built up around food, that I would highly suggest a gentle approach. You have taken the step of deepening your understanding of nutrition and can perhaps next apply any insights you’ve gained to your life using intuition. Try changing one thing at a time so you don’t overwhelm yourself.
By bringing more light into our bodies through consciously eating, the food will act as medicine for all levels of our being. The light we bring into our bodies naturally illuminates any areas of darkness in ourselves. This means that we will go through periods of feeling wonderful and other times of feeling unwell. The periods of low states of emotions and energy are times of healing and can be treated as such by nurturing ourselves. As we come to hold more and more light, however, we will experience new states of being.
From my own experiences of cleansing, changing my eating habits, and practicing meditation, I can say with certainty that nutrition has played a tremendous role in shaping my own life. I went from flowing in and out of depression and fear to feeling great freedom, inspiration, clarity, and peace. My journey with nutrition has included many times of healing old emotional patterns, yet each time I felt down, I always come back to a state of joy and peace. I’ve felt drawn to the path of eating raw foods as a way to heighten my awareness, energy, and become more in communion with the Divine. As many others who have made this choice to eat raw foods, I was once addicted to cooked food and the states of being that went with it. Just by bringing raw food slowly into my life, I have been transformed by its clear energy. It has become clear to me that the earth and the universe hold more healing powers than the vast array of formulated food that humans have created.