The SEED and the TREE

Understanding the Holistic Significance of Food: Nourishing the Seed and the Tree

In this video, Roy Littlesun emphasizes the importance of food as a holistic concept for overall well-being, rather than focusing solely on diet or nutrition. They draw an analogy between a seed and a tree to explain the interconnectedness of humans with their food. The seed represents the human as an individual, while the tree symbolizes the complete being. The heart acts as the center that connects the seed and the tree, and the blood serves as the link between them.

Tawa Roy highlights the responsibility of humans to ensure a healthy connection between the seed and the tree through their choices regarding food. They emphasize the significance of understanding the taste, texture, qualities, and memory associated with food. The primary food, akin to the seed and the tree, is identified as whole grains, which should ideally constitute at least 50% of the diet and can sometimes make up the entire diet.

Then Tawa Roy delves into the practical aspects of mealtime, categorizing it into breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They correlate breakfast with the beginning of evolution, symbolizing the ocean and inner mother. Breakfast should ideally include oceanic qualities and be more salty or alkaline, with suggestions such as seaweed soup. He explains how the land formation, representing lunch, relates to the diaphragm, heart, and lungs, and advocate for the main meal to be consumed between 1 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Dinner, which occurs between 7 and 9 in the evening, is seen as an additional meal connected to the brain. It is associated with social interaction and brain activity. Roy Littlesun emphasizes the importance of food preparation as a means to influence the mind, referring to cooking as the highest form of alchemy.

Regarding food proportions, Tawa Roy emphasizes that grains should be the main food, comprising at least 50% of the plate. He stress the importance of thorough chewing to connect with the heart center and introduce saliva as a continuation of the water element. Tawa Roy concludes by highlighting the transformative power of well-chewed food, which allows humans to become the nectar of creation symbolized by the blood.