Dried Plums
I don’t know why I like them so much. I never get sick of the plums. They are the first thing that I eat every morning since we visited Plum village. They taste great and- as I hear- they are good for my digestive system. So, it is really the best of health and taste.
Are Dried Plums the same as prunes? Does anyone know what other foods are good for the stomach? Fruits? Veggies?
Although, I have to say I do take my liberty with them. I eat them as “medicine” But, they taste so good that sometimes I eat them out of the right times and push the limits on my vows (of only eating at the right time unless it is medicine). Is this wrong? Any one have a similar vice that they have worked through?
This sort of thing I used to feel really guilty about. I would think that it was going to completely destroy my practice. Actually I am some one who is continually missing the forest for the trees. I would spend so much time worrying about the little details that I would miss the big picture and end up worrying all day, week or
year about a small thing that doesn’t matter instead of practicing.
If any one wants to share another experience like this it would make me feel a lot better?
This realization came to me after I sat for meditation this morning. I realized it is the steady practice those hours that I sit on the cushion and my ability to be mindful of my body, feelings and mind during the day that will allow me to progress. It says in the Dhammapada
# 40 “Realizing that this body is as fragile as a clay pot, and fortifying this mind like a well fortified city. Fight out Mara with the sword of Wisdom. Then, guarding the conquest remain unattached.
In other words life is too short and uncertain, protect your mind do what you believe in and don’t get attached to things that don’t matter. Is that it or am I missing the forest for the plums?
Hey Hue Gioi,
I also love those plums!
Can you share some of those plums?
Mmmh…do you need the medicine between the meals? Or is it enough to eat some at breakfast and some at lunch? I don’t know very much about your health right now. Try to not eat them between the meals and check, if it really harms your body.
My problem is not the eating between the meals, my bigger thing is the being on time with things…perhaps I write a blog about it in german. Hue Gioi, do you want to do one also in english? The weekly mindful-practice of the sangha…
I wish you the best for your health, your practice and your plums - may the bag never be empty…
Hue Ngo