More on the Macro Plan

I sit here after finishing my first book and wonder how I finally got it done, where has all this "focus" and "razor sharp mind" come from? It's the "food" and only the "food", - it gives you the power "to do what you have to do" and "be when you want to be" - and I find most people who have working lives in the city may have all the drive, but they run on empty (cylinders); and keep pushing themselves more and more. Also, they have forgotten what it is "to be" - to relax into the moment. Hell they don't have any time to even talk to a friend. Isn't life about living to your fullest? about loving yourself so much that you love everyone and everything that's a part of it, and knowing that they are all there because you love them and want them to be there? Following the macrobiotic approach gives you that. It is "inherent" in the way the foods work. That's why, when I took up Vipassana meditation 15 years ago, my life's calling had to "tie in" with the larger purpose of "just existing" and this approach "ties in" like the knot of a perfect tie (it fits). The approach says one of the tenets of good health is "An Endless Appreciation of Life" and I live like that 24x7.

One of my friends recently said "You are one of my poorest friends" - and though that comment bought out my so called "pain body" - I couldn't help but think how rich I am with all the people in my life, the family I have, my dogs, the earth below me, the sky above me, the foods I eat, the lovely house I live in, the time I get to meditate, do my yoga practice, spend quality time with friends, my niece and nephew, my mom - how the hell can I be poor. I knew he used a "material" yardstick to pass a comment like that. I could say "how poor is he", but no he is a part of my life and I love him in whatever capacity he is there. But I know his foods don't give him the power to look beyond that material world of his, and so I forgive him. That's the power of "how you eat and what it can do for you" -- make you "human(e)" in a away you can only experience!!

The re-invention of my logo

I keep asking myself why am I not consistent in my writing the wonderful story of how macrobiotics is unfolding in India, its such a thrill. Now 3 years and some months down the line, I am out there with my macrobiotic meals, ready-to-eat range of snacks and desserts and consultations showing major breakthrough's. Who would have ever thought I would get here. But here I am - writing my first book on the subject - and passionately committed to the cause of seeing people's lives change from within. I remember my teacher Lucci Baranda (god bless her soul) saying - you will do it one day - it will all come with the food and she was right it has. Soulfood - as you can see the background of my account is on the start of something revolutionary in the history of India - its introducing to India the first line of actual dairy, sugar, white flour (processed), yeast free - 80% organic - meals, desserts and snacks - now that's something huge. I do believe that the pioneer (and I bow down to her) in the organic movement is Kavita Mukhey who laid the foundation for us to get the grains, beans and dried stocks, and like Titu Ahluwalia who took over Conscious Foods (Kavita's Company) said to me once, you are at the helm of translating that to the products and taking it a step further. I take that very seriously. So onto the healthier, happier more calmer and peaceful people and times.