4. We come to the "service" of cooking in our kitchens with a dedicated, committed and loving attitude. Cooking is an art, a form of meditation in motion, and a service to humanity.
5. We develop an understanding of how to select and prepare in our kitchens nourishing wholesome foods that will optimize one's health.
Because "we are what we eat", and because food provides the biological foundation for our health and well-being, the knowledge and understanding of the cook who selects and prepares our food is paramount to the quality of our health. In essence, the cook must become a "food doctor." As stated by Hippocrates, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine thy food."
The way I came to this understanding was through the study of Macrobiotics since 1977 and following the laws of nature, which, based on the Macrobiotic Philosophy, is known as "The Order of the Universe." After three years of formal study of the philosophy and practical application of macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute in Brookline, MA, I came away with what I thought was a brilliant simple realization: If I Eat Well, Everything will be Okay! This was reinforced by my ongoing study, practice and reading of over 100 books by authors that all concluded that eating a whole foods, plant-based diet is the best food to eat!
The best foods to prepare in our kitchens and eat are organic whole grains, beans, land and sea vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds in their infinite variety.
Here's why from a macrobiotic perspective. Very simply, it begins with understanding energy and how it works! In Macrobiotics, everything is explained by how yin (upward, expansive energy) changes into yang (downward and contractive energy), and how yang changes back into yin, everywhere"in everything, no exceptions! It's the dance of the universe or infinity in motion! From the spiralic formation of galaxies to the formation of DNA, yin and yang energy patterns are everywhere! From the daisy or sunflower to the Milky Way Galaxy, day changing into night and night into day, summer changing into winter and back again, the rise and fall of civilizations, the evolutionary process of over 3.2 billion years in which one-celled ameba changed/evolved to seaweeds to ancient land plants to modern plants, nuts, seeds, beans, and finally to grain!
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