Eating food is the most intimate experience a human being can have…and we do it every day.

When we eat, we take other bodies (plant or animal) into our bodies and absorb them so fully that they then become the building blocks for our cells and organs. The food we eat forms us from the inside out.

Through this act of deep intimacy we digest our environment and align with it by incorporating the genetic information from the food right into the structure of our cells. This continuum of digestion and creation follows us through each and every day, with each meal, each bite…

…but in this process, what are we intimately aligning with?

In a purely natural scenario we would be digesting and aligning with our local ecosystem. This process would allow us to learn about our ecosystem and adapt gracefully to its unique conditions. We would become part of the ecosystem while the ecosystem became part of us. Everything that went into the creation of that food (earth, water, wind and sun) becomes part of that food and then becomes part of us.

By eating natural foods we come into deep alignment with the natural world and learn about the balance that exists therein.

But few of us live in a purely natural scenario. We generally eat from the modern food supply, which has a much more complex story. Many of these foods are raised in the artificial setting of big agribusiness with very little natural nourishment and travel through factories, refineries and chemical plants on the way to your mouth. They carry energies of greed, injustice, pollution and perversion. As we incorporate these commercial foods into our bodies we grow into a deeper alignment with the systems behind their production.

This unconscious alignment can keep us locked into a system that we may not fully agree with.

At this time, many of us are being called to care for the wellbeing of the Earth and our fellow humans. Many of us are tired of the old systems and long for new sustainable solutions. One of the most powerful ways that you can make a stand for this shift is by consciously choosing what goes into your mouth. As you chose more natural food and more local food your inner alignment will shift and you will be able to effect great change in the healing of the world and her systems.

Blogger’s Challenge: Explore sources in your area for more fresh, natural, local foods…see what there is to align with in your local environment. 

You’re invited to schedule a Personal Strategy Session with me to receive loving guidance and practical support for your personal transformation and holistic wellbeing. Jo delAmor, Personal Transformation Coach.