Hunger of Body and Mind & Sustainable living
by Remigius de Souza
(Author of this famous graphic not known; the interpretation is by Remigius de Souza)
We eat food to nourish body and also our mind by default. Hence wholesome food is elementary input to nourish mind.
Learning from books, as is mass education system, makes one dogmatic. It isn't enough also to see the world through media / Internet / books alone all the time.
We need to feed our mind also by watching down-to-earth reality under our feet, to feed and develop our perception, than merely on Virtual Reality.
With our entire senses alert, we put them to use that begins to watch self and around us; never to miss a detail as well as the whole, without bias.
Thus watching dispassionately we may witness reality as is. The Present, which is also the residue of the Past, then becomes all pervasive.
We then loose the shackles of the bygone past, as well as speculation of an unknown Future.
By actually holistic living here and Now, responsibly, we could spare a better tomorrow for the posterity, and enjoy ourselves wholesome Present. This is sustenance and Sustainable Living.
Living beyond the life of hydroponics
Food is considered our Basic Need. But like breathing, we are hardly aware of our action during eating-drinking.
We take Food for granted like Air that we breathe to keep us alive, more than our likes, dislikes and taste. This is a result of our prosperity – surplus economy – made possible by machine and market.
This also makes our thinking, working and thereby living a grand mechanical act, by default?
Are we either capable to produce even one percent of what we eat, or are we intelligent enough to perceive who produce our food? We are too busy to stop and think.
Are we not concerned about a large number of seven billion fellow humans go hungry?
Are we aware of our lifestyle on fast track that splurges resources taken from the earth on trivialities, which are actually 'external aids', particularly, in cities?
All this is in the name of “Our Lifestyle”: Indeed we live a life of hydroponics!
As Wealth and Waste grow in direct proportion, neither the rich nor the poor are spared from problems of heath – physical and mental. The rich suffer, for example, from obesity, while the poor are victims of malnutrition that cause sicknesses… Today’s story on BBC News Magazine, ‘India loses stomach for the pot belly’ gives a comprehensive picture.
Also read more on this issue: Civilization Trap In Our Era
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©Remigius de Souza, all rights reserved.
by Remigius de Souza
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| Image - Engineer's Safety Key |
We eat food to nourish body and also our mind by default. Hence wholesome food is elementary input to nourish mind.
Learning from books, as is mass education system, makes one dogmatic. It isn't enough also to see the world through media / Internet / books alone all the time.
We need to feed our mind also by watching down-to-earth reality under our feet, to feed and develop our perception, than merely on Virtual Reality.
With our entire senses alert, we put them to use that begins to watch self and around us; never to miss a detail as well as the whole, without bias.
Thus watching dispassionately we may witness reality as is. The Present, which is also the residue of the Past, then becomes all pervasive.
We then loose the shackles of the bygone past, as well as speculation of an unknown Future.
By actually holistic living here and Now, responsibly, we could spare a better tomorrow for the posterity, and enjoy ourselves wholesome Present. This is sustenance and Sustainable Living.
Living beyond the life of hydroponics
Food is considered our Basic Need. But like breathing, we are hardly aware of our action during eating-drinking.
We take Food for granted like Air that we breathe to keep us alive, more than our likes, dislikes and taste. This is a result of our prosperity – surplus economy – made possible by machine and market.
This also makes our thinking, working and thereby living a grand mechanical act, by default?
Are we either capable to produce even one percent of what we eat, or are we intelligent enough to perceive who produce our food? We are too busy to stop and think.
Are we not concerned about a large number of seven billion fellow humans go hungry?
Are we aware of our lifestyle on fast track that splurges resources taken from the earth on trivialities, which are actually 'external aids', particularly, in cities?
All this is in the name of “Our Lifestyle”: Indeed we live a life of hydroponics!
As Wealth and Waste grow in direct proportion, neither the rich nor the poor are spared from problems of heath – physical and mental. The rich suffer, for example, from obesity, while the poor are victims of malnutrition that cause sicknesses… Today’s story on BBC News Magazine, ‘India loses stomach for the pot belly’ gives a comprehensive picture.
Also read more on this issue: Civilization Trap In Our Era
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©Remigius de Souza, all rights reserved.
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