Articles in the Green Your World Category

Our food choices have a tremendous effect on our physical and mental health, the quality of our subtle energy, our meditation practice, our karmic balance, the economy of the nation and the world, and the ecological health of Mother Earth. By becoming more mindful and aware of our food choices, we can help to address many issues facing humanity today. My approach to diet has always been to find the common thread and look for general principles that simplify matters and allow me to fulfill multiple goals at once. There is a way to improve health, heighten spiritual consciousness, reduce karma, reduce water pollution, reduce animal suffering, reduce rainforest destruction, AND reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Over the past few years, I have felt called to create a life of balance, one that allows me to seek enlightenment while also doing something for the planet. A life in which I seek to serve others without losing my health and my sanity. In which I meditate and purify my subtle body but also take care of my physical body and mental balance. In which I listen to both my heart and my head, and in which I balance faith and tradition with my God-given reason and intelligence.

In an effort to purchase more organic products, I’ve been making a foray into organic chocolates, and wasn’t so crazy about a few that I tried. Well, all that changed as soon as I tried my first square of Terra Nostra Chocolate’s Intense Dark Chocolate bar. Let me just say, Wow, that is an incredibly good dark chocolate bar, and yes, “intense” is an apt description. My love of this chocolate bar stems from the fact that: (a) it is made from 100% organic chocolate that is produced and obtained through equitable trade practices; (b) it is made with 100% renewable energy; (c) it has a 73% cacao content which provides outstanding antioxidant capacity; and (d) it is 100% yummariffic.

The ancient Vedic sages viewed the Earth as a divine goddess, a being who had feelings and consciousness, and who responded to our prayers and actions. The sages sang beautiful hymns of gratitude to Mother Earth, wished her peace in rhythmic peace prayers, and also performed elaborate fire ceremonies for her peace and happiness. They believed that Mother Earth holds us all in her lap, and that if we are to be happy and content, she must be happy first.