The Body Listening to Tastes
As we have talked about in the past the mind and body are intimately spliced We cannot separate them Sounds nice, but what does this mean practically?
Several things, let's enumerate some basic principles
A thought effects the entire physical body, eg I feel tired as a thought is heard by the body and lo and behold the physical body feels tired, depressed or whatever the thought
Conversely if the thought is uplifting, eg I feel great, flexible etc, the physical body feels that way To and fro conversation, soooo…. we should watch our mind chatter and get rid of "stinking thinking"
When we take in food, the tastes send messages to the mindbody The sweet taste sends the message of calm, sour movement, salty courage, pungent enthusiasm, bitter introverted, astringent grounding
So the mindbody is listening to what we are ingesting and is influenced psychologically and physically to what the tastes are that are being eaten
What kind of implication does this have for us?
We should taste our medicine for one thing, that is, herbs that are ingested should be tasted Why? Greater physiological impact
Taking a pill is nice but its impact is devoid of the taste We have become such a society of pill takers that this concept is quite foreign to the majority of us
But if we believe that we are a mindbody that is energetically intimately spliced then we cannnot not want to taste the physiologic impact of our medicine
Does that mean that we should take our pharmaceuticals and grind them up so we can taste them?
Yes
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
