Food

Do I eat physical food in order to satisfy my animal self? Does food occupy my thoughts because I have less than I need, or because I want more than I need? How does my addiction to food prevent me from the Remembrance and worship of my Creator? Or does the choice and amount of food I eat allow me to better fulfil my Higher Purpose in this physical world?

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What type of food am I addicted to? That which is permitted or that which is forbidden to eat? That which is pure or that which is impure? Or do I prefer to rely on my own limited understanding of what food is 'Good?'. What role do my selfish ego, lust, envy, greed, gluttony, vengeance, sloth, vanity play in my addiction to certain types of Food?

 

Does what I eat weigh me down and prevent me from using my wings to fly?

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Is my bread leavened or unleavened? Do I eat in order to fuel the chariot of my lower self or do I eat in order to fuel the chariots of my Higher Being? Is my lust for Food driven by my Desire to Live in Reality or Delusion? To Live a life of deception or Truth? To Live a life of Justice or oppression? To Live a life which invests in the temporary enjoyment of this worldly life, or a life that invests in the eternal Joy of the Hereafter? Do I eat In order to glorify myself or in order to glorify my Maker? 

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Do I eat in order that I may have the energy to study, perform more prayers, and good deeds in this physical world? Do I eat in order to grow like a tree that grows sweet fruit all season round? Do I eat in order to strengthen my roots in order that I do not fall during a stormy Day? Am I willing to eat in order that others should eat from my branches? Do I seek spiritual Guidance in order that I can help guide others? 

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Do I Receive in order to receive? Or do I receive in order to Give? Do I Give in order to receive? Or do I Give in order to Give? Am I not One with both the Giver and Receiver? Am I not One with Those who eat, those who feed, and those who are eaten? Are the Vessel and it's Light not One? Is the vessel itself not made of Light? How does my ego prevent me from sanctifying the food that I eat? How can I use food to help me sanctify the Name of my Creator? 

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Does the food that I eat help me to become more creative, or destructive? Does it heighten my Awareness of my Creator, or block my perception of Higher Truth? 

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Do I become like that which I eat? Is my body not merely a vessel which contains the soul of that which I eat? 

 

Am I grateful for that which I eat? Am I the Creator of the Food that I eat? Do I make the fruit grow from the trees? Am I the Creator or Planter of the Seed? Am I the Grower or gardener of the tree? Am I the Initiator or the Shaper? Am I the Sustainer or the Destroyer? Or is my body merely a vessel for my Creator to Whom belongs the Best of Attributes?

 

Am I able to breathe life into a form that is shaped out of clay without The Permission of my Maker Who I serve? Do I create something from nothing? or can I merely shape one form into another? Who created the clay in order that I can shape it? Who created the Soul in order that I may breathe? Who created Speech in order that I may Speak the Word? Am I able to bring forth ingredients from the soil? Or can I merely use these ingredients to create different recipes of bitter or sweet?

 

Who gave me the Mind with which to think and reason in order that I may Choose according to my limited understanding? Who gave me the hands with which I can kneed the dough to bake the bread? Who gave me the feet with which to crush the grapes to make the wine? To Whom do these hands and feet belong? Is my body its own provider? Is my body its own sustainer? Am I grateful for my provision?  Do I bless the Name of my Creator who creates, provides and sustains my life so that I may better know and worship my Source? 

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Does the physical food that I eat nourish my body or my soul? Perhaps it can nourish both? Are physical and spiritual Bread separate? or are they in fact one reflecting the other? Perhaps changing our spiritual state of Being, will have effect on our physical state of Being? Perhaps when we surrender our will to the Will of our Maker, and obey His commandments then He will send us our Manna according to the measure of our Faith in both the physical and spiritual form? 

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Will I reap what I sow? Will I eat what I feed others with? Will I eat that which is harmful, because I choose to cause harm unto others? Will I eat that which is good and pure because I treat others how I want to be treated? Will I be served in the same way that I choose to serve my fellow human being? 

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How can I Breathe and truly Be a True Human Being, if my soul were to leave my body? Must I not eat and drink food in the physical form in order to maintain a healthy vessel that can shine the Light of my Maker? 

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How can the willing sacrifice of my desires to serve my lower self; my ego, lusts, greed, gluttony, envy, sloth, fears and sorrows, enable me to break free from my addiction to overindulgence in physical food and drink? How can sacrifice of the physical food and drink which I love to eat and drink- help me to overcome my addiction to Food? How can it teach me empathy for those who have less physical provision than myself? How can this enable me to become more likely to reach out and share beyond my physical needs in order to maintain justice in the world and better serve my Creator? How can Fasting from food and drink during sunlight hours in Ramadan help me to discover and eat Spiritual Bread, and drink the spiritual wine that helps to nourish my soul and Become more Grateful? 

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From Which Place comes the Oil that Fuels my Flame and Desire to serve my Master? Must I make the oil with my own hands by performing acts of loving kindness through sacrifice? Must I purify the oil which sustains me- by purifying my heart mind and soul with righteousness? 

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Where is the Niche within which is a Lamp? Where is the glass that holds the lamp? What is this glass that shines like a pearly white star lit from the oil of a blessed olive tree?- Is this olive tree neither of the east or the west? What is this oil that would almost glow forth, even if untouched by Fire? Is my body a Vessel for the Light of The World?

 

Must I eat and feed in ways of Peace that helps to create, sustain and protect my vessels in a physical form that enables my speech and behaviour to help discover and reveal The The Beautiful Attributes of my Creator who Resides in me and you? 

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Must I eat in order to fatten up so that I may burn for longer and more brightly when I am set aflame? Will the smell of my smoke be Pleasing to my Maker- to Whom I belong and to Whom I Return- when I give myself in sacrifice like a willing Lamb headed for slaughter? Is it my blood that reaches my Maker, or is it the piety that is in my heart that He Delights in and readily receives? 

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How can my physical and spiritual hunger, thirst, suffering and pain cause my ego to be crushed and the wine and oil to be extracted, in order that it fuels my chariots of righteousness and brings me to a Place of Return? A Place of Humility, Surrender, Higher Gratitude, Mercy, Forgiveness, Empathy and Compassion, where I can now better appreciate due to reflecting and learning from my own personal struggles and hardship that resulted from my previous Fall...

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How can we transform our addiction to Physical Food to an addiction to Higher Truth? How can we more clearly be able to differentiate pure food from impure food by seeking Truth in the form of knowledge wisdom and understanding- in order that we do not allow that which we ingest to block our Perception of our Source and Higher Purpose?

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How can we become more Grateful, in order that we can Truly Appreciate, Delight in Celebrate together the Feast of Shabbat when we can rest from all of our work? 

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