In my Honduran community, there are families of various incomes.
Almost half of my neighbors are still washing their laundry by hand and bathing
from a hose or 5 gallon bucket. For people of lower incomes medicine is a great
expense. So when they come to my gate with health problems I look to food as
their medicine. If a health problem is going to separate people from their
money, then let their medicine be an
investment in vitality.
This belief was driven home this morning as I swept my patio
floor. My cat eats a mixed diet that will include canned tuna. This
morning I noticed bits and pieces of tuna drying on the concrete where her
plate sat the evening before. There were no ants.
The awareness brought back a lesson learned from a local fisher-woman. She offered to sell us a barracuda she had caught. My husband was suspicious
because sometimes this fish can be toxic. When I mentioned my concern to the woman her head nodded in agreement. She then cut off a piece of the fish and placed
it on some bark at the base of a tree. She said that if the fish was good the
ants would find it in just a minute. Her explanation had barely finished when my
gaze returned to the to the meat. It was already becoming covered with ants. Animals
(including insects) in the wild will always choose the highest and best.
Although my cat will eat tuna, she will not eat fish from
the grocery store. Yet, she always eats fish I buy from local fishermen.
Grocery store fish has invariably been treated with some chemical. Often it is formaldehyde;
applied while at sea in an effort to keep fish from spoiling when longer days are
necessary to fill the boat.
My rabbits are also keen judges of food. They will often
turn up their noses at store-bought produce in preference to tasty morsels growing
in my gardens. As maddening as this can be as I view my roses, I understand. It is
all about the vitality needed for survival. This is something those living in an economic cultures are not taught. We learn about vitamins not vitality. Without vitality, healing cannot take place. Every level of healing requires vitality. It comes from things of the Earth: clean
water, fresh air and minimally processed foods.
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