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What Will Nourish Us?

By Anne Dorcas

This vehicle, the human body, is comprised of a magnificent engineering.  Our body can be compared to a sophisticated computer.  To function, it refers to a multitude of data stored within its cells.  What is the data our system was programmed with?  And what aspects of our cellular memory provide the fuel for this system’s functioning?

If we owned a Jaguar or a Porsche, how would we treat this vehicle?  And why not treat our body with the best fuel and tools possible?

As our consciousness deepens, we become more sensitive to our body, our environment and the results of our choices.  These choices become more and more respectful towards ourselves and this planet, which many of us recognize as our mother.

Our mother, Earth, has always provided us with all that we have needed.  Now, we ask the question as to whether she will be able to continue.  We then reflect on how we could change our habits and our choices to ensure a future of quality and abundance.

In becoming aware of the chemical products being used regulary on the market – from cultivation to the finished product and its preservation – we more often prefer natural and organic foods.

Many of us have developed a sensitivity to creams, shampoos and soaps containing chemical elements.  Certain artificial perfumes irritate our nostrils and make our throats contract.  Do we react differently now to toxic cleaning products that used to inspire the expression, “it smells clean”.  These sensitivities are symbolic – a mere reflection – of our sensitivities to other toxic elements that have surrounded us for far too long.

The air we breathe as well as the water we drink, are rarely pure.  The sounds we hear (unless we live deep in nature) are rarely serene.  The information transmitted by the media, even certain conversations we are witness to, are less often of a positive nature.

Does our reading material entertain us with laughter or do we choose stories that sadden or frighten us?  Do we prefer watching movies that bring us joy or dramas filled with murder and explosions?  Do we listen to music that soothes or agitates us?  Do our thoughts compliment or criticize us?

Since we are the result of interactions and conditionings that may lead us to believe our value is mediocre, many of us have a tendancy to nourish ourselves in a mediocre way.

Our eating habits may derive from the nurturing relationship with our mother.  By our newborn gestures, we demand a particular attention, to then be comforted by mom’s breast or the feeding bottle.  During childood, a sweet cookie as a reward for being a “good girl” or  “good boy” has us associate this treat with love and acceptance.  Family reunions may have us relating food with joy and abundance.

This inner child is an aspect of our being that still requires our attention.  Often, childhood wounds prevent us from letting go of certain attachments/addictions.  Once these wounds are healed, a new freedom can settle in.  Attachments to food and the tendancies to search for comfort can change.

To nourish ourselves in a healthy way, we need to reconnect with unconditional love for all aspects of ourselves.  In allowing this love, we are able to let go of the old wounds and programs that no longer serve us, and rediscover our true value.  Once this value is realized within us, it becomes natural to program our system with data that corresponds with this pure love for self.

Absorbing a pure essence and enhanced programs will then give us an ideal nourishment - and functioning.  However, a little treat, now and then, to acknowledge that courageous child inside, can be very well appreciated!