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I made a decision a few years ago to not go out of my way for food, except for social reasons, and I generally follow this most of the time. I basically wait f

I made a decision a few years ago to not go out of my way for food, except for social reasons, and I generally follow this most of the time. I basically wait for food to "manifest" for me to eat, and do not eat until it happens. To "fuel" this manifesting, I practice karma yoga. I developed this practice based on reading various teachings, finding parallels between them, and then poking about and experimenting until I found what works. Sort of like how I learned computers...

alecst 5y ago
Fascinating. I'd love to hear some recent examples about how you manifested food.
- forgotmypw17 5y ago
  Today, I really wanted a banana or two. I was craving it. I love bananas. I was craving them so hard that I was considering using the coins I've been saving as a gift for someone for the purpose of buying bananas from a store. I prayed. I typically pray in 3 parts: gratitude-forgiveness-requests, and this time was no exception. It went something like this: Thank you for [... some gratitudes ...]. Please forgive me for [... some regrettable things I've done ...]. Please help me find a banana or two to eat. Before I pray, I typically focus on my breathing, in traditional "breath meditation" fashion. This was the beginning and the foundation of all these practices, and I started practicing breath meditation several years ago. After prayer, I listened carefully, and I followed what one may describe as physical intuition to a place where someone had left behind the bottom of a banana nut muffin. Not quite a banana, but it did the trick. Physical intuition is subtle, it is like when you go for a walk without a purpose, going whichever way feels most natural. In this case, of course, I went out of my way for food, but I also went for a walk, I meditated along the way, etc. I'm not an absolutist by any means.
  - nicbou 5y ago
    I'm glad you joined this community. I'd never expect to read such a comment here. How did you get into this lifestyle?
    - forgotmypw17 5y ago
      I started out just trying to minimize my upkeep so that I could, as I did before, write software I felt good about writing rather than software I felt bad about writing. For a while, I thought I could do both, but I realized eventually that I only have so much "programming juice" to work with, and after a day of doing software dev for advertising and investment banks and other such stuff, there was almost none left for me to do my own thing.

alecst 5y ago

Fascinating. I'd love to hear some recent examples about how you manifested food.

forgotmypw17 5y ago
Today, I really wanted a banana or two. I was craving it. I love bananas. I was craving them so hard that I was considering using the coins I've been saving as a gift for someone for the purpose of buying bananas from a store. I prayed. I typically pray in 3 parts: gratitude-forgiveness-requests, and this time was no exception. It went something like this: Thank you for [... some gratitudes ...]. Please forgive me for [... some regrettable things I've done ...]. Please help me find a banana or two to eat. Before I pray, I typically focus on my breathing, in traditional "breath meditation" fashion. This was the beginning and the foundation of all these practices, and I started practicing breath meditation several years ago. After prayer, I listened carefully, and I followed what one may describe as physical intuition to a place where someone had left behind the bottom of a banana nut muffin. Not quite a banana, but it did the trick. Physical intuition is subtle, it is like when you go for a walk without a purpose, going whichever way feels most natural. In this case, of course, I went out of my way for food, but I also went for a walk, I meditated along the way, etc. I'm not an absolutist by any means.
- nicbou 5y ago
  I'm glad you joined this community. I'd never expect to read such a comment here. How did you get into this lifestyle?
  - forgotmypw17 5y ago
    I started out just trying to minimize my upkeep so that I could, as I did before, write software I felt good about writing rather than software I felt bad about writing. For a while, I thought I could do both, but I realized eventually that I only have so much "programming juice" to work with, and after a day of doing software dev for advertising and investment banks and other such stuff, there was almost none left for me to do my own thing.