Primary food feeds us, but doesn't come on a plate.Many people eat a perfect diet and still lack passion and joy in their lives.  Love, hugs, touch,  massage, meditation, fun, self-expression, nature,  close friends,  all feed our souls and our hunger for living.

 

Now think of a time when you were depressed or your self-esteem was at a low. You were starving for primary food. No amount of secondary food would do. No matter how much you ate, you weren't satisfied. Even in good times we come home at night and look in the refrigerator for something to eat, when all we really want is a hug or a friend to talk to. Research has shown that the lack of Primary Foods can lead to emotional dis-ease, then physical dis-ease. Which can then lead or contribute to illness.

 

The more primary food we receive, the less we'll depend on secondary food. The opposite is also true: the more we fill ourselves with secondary food, the less we are able to receive the primary foods of life. That is why every spiritual tradition encourages followers to fast, to have times during the year when secondary food intake is reduced, so that we are more able to be present to God's love and the primary foods in our lives.

 

These perspectives are sophisticated and radical. This is true holistic nutrition. Not just eating vegetarian or touting whatever the top diet theory is at the moment, but noticing each person's life as a whole.