Spirit-Centered Eating, Part 1

This is the first of a three-part series on the practice of spirit-centered eating.

Our spirit is that which makes us alive. To stay alive we must eat. To eat we must kill and take the spirit of what we eat. Eating is a spirit-related matter.

One of the practices of thumotic spirituality is spirit-centered eating. It's being mindful of spirit- our own spirit, the spirit of what we eat, and the spirits of others- while we eat.

Our Own Spirit While Eating

What happens to our own spirit while we eat? Is our spirit nourished, uplifted, and strengthened or is it deprived, brought down, and weakened? 

What about how we prepare, serve, and eat the plants and animals we consume? How do these affect our spirit?

What about the circumstances of eating- the place and the others with whom we eat- how do they affect our spirit?

Simply being mindful of our own spirit while we eat can transform our lives.

Part 2 will be about the spirits of the plants and animals we eat.