11/09/2025
FOOD IS A PRAYER
Before science dissected it,
before diets named it,
before factories packaged it—
food was a prayer.
It grew under the sun.
It was gathered with reverence.
It was cooked with hands that knew the rhythm of love.
It was shared. It was offered. It was honored.
In every ancient culture, to eat was not just to fill the belly.
It was to receive life.
To partake in creation.
To commune with the Divine.
But somewhere along the way, we forgot.
Food became fast, functional, fragmented.
We began counting calories instead of blessings.
We sought fullness in quantity, not in presence.
And we started eating not with joy, but with fear.
This is an invitation to remember.
To remember that your body is a living temple.
That what you eat does not just build your muscles or curve your waistline—
it awakens or dims your consciousness.
Every molecule you ingest is information.
Every bite is a choice: to heal or to harm, to wake up or to numb.
When you eat a living food—
a sun-kissed tomato, raw honey, fermented greens, unrefined oils, real salt—
you are not just eating nutrients.
You are taking in life force, light, biophotons, and sacred codes of nature.
And when you eat dead food—
ultra-processed, sterilized, bleached, denatured— you are eating emptiness.
You are eating forgetfulness.
Food is not neutral.
It is a messenger, a mirror, a medicine, or a poison.
Let us eat, not to escape life—but to embody it more fully.
🌸 The Art & Science of Eating
by Jetro Vin Rafael
