Mirror 45 · The Body
Food
“You do not eat only because you are hungry. You eat because you are tired, because you are lonely, because the clock says it is time, because the food is there, because the taste reminds you of a moment when you felt safe. Food is never just food. It is memory, comfort, control, and love — all of them asking to be fed.”
The tea room sat in the garden of a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, a small wooden structure with a roof of layered cypress bark. Inside, the room was nearly empty: a charcoal brazier, a water kettle, a tea bowl, a whisk, and a small ceramic vessel containing a single piece of mochi — a pounded rice ...
Reflection question
What would change in your life if you truly believed this?