How to Bless Food and Why Do It Is More Important Than It Looks

  • 2014
Table of Contents Hide 1 The Basic Procedure for Blessing Foods 2 How to Bless Foods Completely 3 The Benefits of Blessing Foods 3.1 Emotional Benefits 3.2 Physical Benefits of Blessing Foods 4 How to Bless Foods and Why Do It Is More important than it seems

Do you have a habit of blessing food before eating?

Quite possibly not. Before, this was a widespread practice, but now most of us do not. Like many other good customs, it has been lost.

But worst of all is not that it has been lost, but we think it is nonsense without value. We tend to think that many of the things that were done before are absurd rituals. That our ancestors were ignorant and primitive, and that they did what they did for this. We, on the other hand, are much smarter and know that they make no sense.

We're a little like that, right?

Well, to change this trend a bit, today I would like to talk about how to bless food and why it is important to do so. Even from a scientific point of view.

The Basic Procedure to Bless Food

If it seems good to you, we will first talk about the procedure for blessing food correctly, and after what benefits it has to do.

The most important thing when it comes to blessing food is not words, but attitude. Without a good attitude, words are useless, no matter how beautiful they are.

And to adopt a good attitude, we must always keep in mind that the dish before us is made up of living beings.

Have you ever thought about it? We always eat living things. I realized recently, and it struck me a lot. We do not eat inert rocks, but plants, seeds, fruits, animals ... They are all living beings. And although when they arrive at our plate they don't seem alive, the cells that are part of these foods are.

So regardless of whether we eat a plate of vegetables, a piece of meat or even some industrial pseudo-food, it is made up of cells and chemical elements that are alive.

And when we eat these living beings, they disintegrate and become part of our body. That is, they lose their individuality in exchange for reinforcing ours.

Now imagine that a person did something similar for you. Imagine a person who sacrifices himself as an individual being so that you can stay alive. He would deserve a little recognition and gratitude, right?

Well, every day thousands of living beings "sacrifice" to help you. And they also deserve recognition and gratitude.

One way to do this is to put ourselves in front of the food we are going to eat and, with love and humility, tell them something like: I recognize the value of what you are doing. I recognize you as living beings and I deeply thank you for what you are going to do for me .

But the concrete phrase does not matter, what really has value is to adopt a sincere attitude of respect and gratitude.

How to Bless Foods Completely

Thanking food, and recognizing them as living beings that do us a service, is the basic principle to bless them. This is how it has been done for thousands of years.

And until recently, it was enough. But now things have changed a bit, and something else is needed.

For most of history, humanity has eaten natural foods: plants, seeds, fruits, animals ... And in most cases, they were foods just as nature had produced them.

Now, on the other hand, practically nothing we eat is as God created it. Everything is modified and processed in one way or another. And this means that the food we eat has lost part of its essence.

The same thing happens to us: they don't know who they really are. The living beings that we eat as food are misaligned from their true identity, and this makes them harmful to our health.

But as much as food is a bit disconnected from its nature, they still have a pure essence inside. They are like us: we are also a little disconnected, but we still have a divine essence within us.

So although a food is so changing that there is practically nothing left of what it was, inside it has a divine essence. Everything that God has created will always continue to have a divine essence for many modifications it suffers.

And of course, for us it is very beneficial for food to regain its divine purity before becoming part of our body.

One way to do this is simply to remind them that they are part of God, and that within them they have the seed of all that is good and pure. We can tell you something like: I recognize the divine part that is in you, and I ask that the light within you be the one that feeds me . But, as before, what matters is the attitude, not the concrete words.

If we join the two steps, we have a more complete way to bless the food:

  1. First recognize that the foods we are going to eat are living things and thank them for what they are about to do for us.
  2. And then tell them that, whatever form they have, we recognize the divine essence in them, and ask them to let this essence come to light.

It is a very simple procedure, and very powerful. Much more than it seems at first glance.

The Benefits of Blessing Food

Blessing food may seem little more than a little ritual without value, but it is not at all. It has very positive effects, both physically and emotionally.

Emotional Benefits

The fact of blessing food sincerely changes the relationship established between us and the food we are about to eat.

To illustrate this idea, imagine two similar situations:

  • Situation 1: You start working in a new job, and as you arrive your boss starts yelling at you and giving you orders in bad ways.
  • Situation 2: You start working on a new job, and the first thing your boss does is thank you for joining the team, and telling you that he trusts you fully.

In which case will you feel better? In which case will you want to help the company? In which case will the relationship between all be better?

Well, you are the head of your body, and the foods you eat are living things that come to work for you. Depending on how you welcome them, your relationship will go one way or another.

Physical Benefits of Blessing Food

We all know that scientists have made very important discoveries. However, many of these discoveries go virtually unnoticed by the majority of the population, and nobody pays attention to them.

One of these discoveries is that the human mind modifies matter. Yes, you read it right, this is scientifically proven.

It turns out that, several decades ago (it was not yesterday or much less), scientists saw that the subatomic particles that form matter (electrons and quarks) behave differently according to In the mind of the person who is watching them. That is, the human mind modifies the particles that make up matter. Awesome, right?

So when you stand in front of a plate of food, your mental attitude influences the particles that form the food in front of you. It really changes your physical structure. Your mind literally changes what you are about to eat.

So, even from a scientific point of view, it is worth adopting a good attitude when it comes to eating. And a simple way to do it is to bless food with love and humility. Your body and your health will thank you.

How to Bless Food and Why Do It Is More Important Than It Looks

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