Buddha with a Stick. Awareness.
Soul Food
"Fame or integrity: which is more important?
Money or happiness: which is more valuable?
Success of failure: which is more destructive?
If you look to others for fulfillment,
you will never truly be fulfilled.
If your happiness depends on money,
you will never be happy with yourself.
Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you." ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
translated by Stephen Mitchell
This Week: We are making our way to a new lunar cycle and the next 'New Year Celebration'. The mother (aka creator) continues to welcome us to sit with her and listen deeply.
Water is accumulating. Creative energy is preparing us with many resources and inspirations. While, this energy continues to build, it is important to remember creating requires focus, imagination, awareness and discipline. All of which organically guide the creation process.
As inspired, take a moment to balance your inner landscape, create space to nourish you while you balance your inner and outer worlds.
Time Stamps: Dharma 0 Meditation :22:30 Sound :47:30 Outro 1:25:00
Contemplation:
Where is it effortless for you to remain focused in your life?
Where are you ready to refine your focus and discipline in your life?
These weekly talks are an offering to assist you in diving deeper into a spiritual practice, your inner landscape and cultivate inner peace.
Heart + Mind Food
You have many relay loops in your energetic system that communicate through out your body and to the world around you. The race way between your heart and mind is of great significance. This pathway governs an internal mirror that informs your inner and outer world.
If you practice observing when your heart races to your mind or your mind races to your heart, you will begin understand which aspect of self is leading the dance from within. In addition, you will understand the root theme you are expressing and taking action with your inner/outer world.
For example, if your heart is leading with an emotion, your words, thoughts and actions will be infused with this information. Similarly, if your thoughts are leading the outer exchange will be based on that mental loop with emotional information in the background or non-existent. Furthermore, there is the potential that your heart and mind are syncing up, which is optimal. This will give you the ability to balance the two in feeds before moving into action (aka engaging with the outside world).
The benefit of retaining awareness during these deep discussions from within, is you, the observer (aka your highest self), can help yourself discern how and what to communicate to the inside and outside world. Humanity at large has become accustomed and entitled to think, emote and act with little to no contemplation or awareness. This is what causes the imbalances from within and in the outside world. Simply put when you have the ability to be aware and observe what is happening from within, you will be accessing the innate intelligence and the divine that runs through you. Both of which will prepare your heart and mind with the capacity to hold calm and benefit many with your thoughts, words and actions.
As inspired, start to observe, reflect, pause and adjust as needed. Practice communicating from within a sentiment that will support your well being, your dreams and your fellow humans.
Body Food
Bi-Lateral Movement. Balance. Keep that body moving. During the winter months, it is easy to be more sedentary. The shorter days support a slower pace. Fortunately, most of the winter sports engage bi-lateral movement and build balance. Activities like skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowshoeing, swimming, dancing, hiking and hockey (to name a few) will help you engage bilateral movement and benefit you in many ways.
The effect is this will help your brain, mood, work out some stored trauma and many other aspects in your physical, mental and emotional body. Ideally, you are best to integrate bi-lateral movement year around.
Benefits of Bi-Lateral Movement:
+Improve memory (memory recall increases)
+Improve coordination. Motor Skills (gross and fine)
+Improve Balance and Posture
+Assist you in developing self-regulation skills (awareness, mindfulness, and focus)
+Increase feel good neurotransmitter levels. (aka serotonin and dopamine)
+Feel Calmer and relaxed. Rewire PTSD (CPTSD).
+Create new neural pathways of communication and strengthen existing pathways.
+Increase Emotional Regulation. Retain a consistent state of calm and happiness.
+Improve attention, focus and retention of information
As inspired, move that body with your arms and legs in motion simultaneously.
Radish. Fall + Winter + Spring Food.
Fall. Winter. Spring. The Radish is an ally and good friend to keep close by. They are easy to ferment, pickle and simply eat fresh. This watery, spicy root vegetable will bring you back to here. The radish will pump you up with a zing. Radishes have the ability to help you balance your lungs, liver, kidneys, nervous system, digestive system and immunity.
Ultimately, the radish will stimulate the Qi (flow of energy) in your body. It is often called ‘the little ginseng’. If you want to move through life effortlessly and in well being, it is optimal to have your Qi in a constant flow state. Your energy flows through pathways within your body and your bio-field that surrounds you. When you feed your body the proper source of energy you will retain open pathways of communication. Then, the relay signals will flow with ease. These message pathways assist you in retaining balance. Which allows, your Mind, Body, Heart and Soul to exchange your precious energy in constant harmony.
Radishes will Support these conditions and organs:
Lungs: Relieve Dry Cough, Eliminate Sore Throat, Relieve Shortness of Breath, and Dissolve Phlem.
Liver: Detox and Cool. Remove Stagnation.
Kidney: Flushes stored toxins in the Bladder. Diuretic.
Nervous System: Strengthens, Calming.
Digestive System: Keep the bowels moving. Eliminate Stagnation.
Immunity: Protects and Strengthens.
As inspired, keep some radishes around to add to a meal or eat on their own as a snack. If you typically run cold, be mindful not to eat too many radishes. It is also best to not eat organes with radishes.
Mind You + Food. Winter Food.
Egg Frittata Cups
Servings 12 Prep/Cooking Time: 25-30 minutes
Ingredients
8 New Potatoes, small-medium, sliced thin
1 Onion, medium, sliced
3 Garlic Cloves, minced
6 Tbsp. Olive Oil
2/3 tsp. Himalayan Salt
1/2 tsp. Cracked Pepper
1/2 tsp. Chili Pepper Flakes
1/4 C Sun-dried Tomatoes, diced
8 eggs
1 C Spinach
1/2 C Manchego, shredded
1/4 tsp. Himalayan Salt and Cracked Pepper
Fresh Oregano, leaves
Instructions
Prepare the ingredients
Heat olive oil, 4 Tbsps. Of Olive Oil with onions and garlic.
Add the potatoes evenly in the pan, cook for 3-5 minutes.
Flip with golden and repeat on the other side for 3-5 minutes.
Season with part of the Pepper, Salt and Chili Pepper Flakes
Cook until tender. Remove from heat.
7. Preheat the oven to 350^ F.
8. Whisk the eggs, cheese and remained of seasoning together. Fold in sun-dried tomatoes and spinach.
9. Grease 12 muffin pans with olive oil.
10. Layer in onion potato mixture equally.
11. Add 3 Tbsps of the egg mixture into each muffin tin.
12. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the oven. The eggs will be firm.
13. Remove immediately from muffin tin and plate on serving plater. Serve with your favorite egg condiments. Sprinkle with gently minced oregano or herb you prefer.
To be noted: you can store these for a few days in the refrigerator.
Winter Food. Egg.
May each moment be filled with JOY, Peace and a lot of LAUGHTER. .sT