Wholeness

The Maori greeting and custom of touching foreheads and noses together allowing one to share the same breath is called the Hongi. It is a way of seeing each other on a soul level, seeing each other as equal.

From Ando Modern Zen: “When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandise the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.” This quote [1] from Barbara Bloom describes Kintsugi [3], the Japanese practise of repairing precious but broken objects with gold. It’s a…

Kholrabi is a delicious vegetable that is part of the Brassica genus.  Amongst other nutrients, it provides you with vitamin C, phosphorous, potassium and calcium at appreciable levels. If you have never had it, I would describe the taste as a cross between a cabbage and a radish. Raw, the texture is crunchy and the…