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Title: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Nick on November 22, 2012, 03:03:01 PM
Brining the thanksgiving turkey

Here's why :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samudra_manthan
Title: Re: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Michael on November 24, 2012, 01:08:57 PM
Diwali happened while we were in Sydney - last Wednesday was the main day. "Happy Diwali" was said everywhere, and sweets abounded. It actually goes for nine days (or six as the local custom dictates).

The churning of the ocean of milk is connected with Diwali, but it also has a deeper esoteric meaning - the raising of the kundalini. I always find it instructive that both the good and bad spirits had to combine to achieve this task.

ref: http://restlesssoma.com.au/soma/index.php?topic=5022.msg35148#msg35148
Title: Re: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Nick on November 26, 2012, 10:35:05 AM
I always find it instructive that both the good and bad spirits had to combine to achieve this task.

ref: http://restlesssoma.com.au/soma/index.php?topic=5022.msg35148#msg35148

equilibrium, the condition of a system in which all competing influences are balanced.



Title: Re: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Michael on November 26, 2012, 08:26:21 PM
Of course, Hinduism doesn't actually have bad spirits, which has always indicated to me how mature is it's view. They have the selfish, irascible, problem-causing spirits as he 'bad', but as it all comes together in the end, none of them are actually evil. Just different paths to the ultimate.
Title: Re: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Nick on February 08, 2013, 11:15:51 AM
No matter what always find time to cook.
Approach cooking with a carefree heart.
The deliberateness you put into the act of feeding yourself makes for a more deliberate life.
Title: Re: Alchemy of Food
Post by: Michael on February 09, 2013, 11:50:24 PM
Yes indeed!