Tree of More than Enough
I asked Klara for permission to post her beautiful words:
A couple weeks ago in our shul (synagogue) the rabbi was speaking about what exactly was this Tree that Adam and Eve sinned by eating from. He said there have been many conjectures, but his take was this – it was the Tree of More Than Enough – G-d have given Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden everything they needed for sustenance – but they didn’t need to eat from the Tree of Knowledge – but they did eat and now we “know” but we don’t – we’ve lost the innocence to know what is good for us – and our job now on this earth is to correct that – we’ve gone way overboard and disease and waste and destruction is rampant.
Now some of us are trying to figure out what it is that we really need – and there are wonderful organizations trying to help in all kinds of ways for the big picture. And more and more individuals are trying to change in their own individual lives. I’m glad mb is part of that in some ways – tho it hasn’t declared it quite officially – if there is any official mb stand – I do believe eating every edible part of the plant is part of it, not overeating is part of it, not wasting is part of it, chewing food well to get the most out of it is part of it – that’s in the big picture.
But in the small picture, I, at least, am still challenged – I still don’t know what eating til 70% full means, I still don’t always eat because of hunger, but rather because the food is so delicious, and I still eat much wider than I need to – ah, need? I still need to figure that one out, too!!!
Klara
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Tags: God, hunger, overeating, spiritual