One of my teachers once said, “If you haven’t got your basic life in order and have not begun to live a life of calmness, stability, service, honesty, practicing the basic virtues and then you meditate or do other spiritual practices, it’s like having a cow that eats organic grass and gives wonderful organic milk, [More …]
The Food Project: Diet and Conscious Eating
Nourishment Nourishment of body and being is at the heart of our work at Highland. When it comes to taking care with food no aspect is neglected – whether it’s cooking, eating, or serving a meal; growing and harvesting food in our organic garden; or handling and caring for food anywhere along the way. We [More …]
Dimension Six – Right Living
Right Living – Right Doing, The Work of Living All your activities of Living and Doing Energy Management Presence with and Perfection of Action; Full Absorption and Integration of One’s Actions and Experiences Building Qualities, Energy and Substance Live right life, worship God. That is all, nothing more. —Shivapuri Baba Your experiences, thoughts, and emotions all carry an [More …]
Eating as an Ablution
When a student observed that there was a purity to the teacher’s approach to food – how it is served, how it is eaten – the teacher responded: It’s like doing an ablution. Ablution reminds you of the specialness and sacredness of life – what you do before you go into a special space to [More …]
