Eating mindfully on my first retreat
Today I went on my first "mini-retreat" on Vipassana meditation. It was really great to hear about Buddhism from our teacher and have someone speaking to us directly.
What I also found extremely interesting is how much we can apply mindfulness in our daily lives, not only when we sit down to meditate. I wrote down some notes while reflecting on our "mindful eating" session during lunch break:
Whenever you are about to put some food into your mouth, look at what's there in your spoon, on your fork, in your hands. Remind yourself about the long way this piece of food took to be here for you.
Thank the plants that grew for you.
Thank the animals that lived for you.
Thank the rain that fell for you.
Thank the sunlight that shone for you.
Thank the ground that provided nutrients for you.
Thank all the people, past and present, that made this possible for you.
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It is totally mindblowing for me to realize how much beauty there is even in the most mundane things. We just need to remind ourselves every now and then.
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