| Fine dining and the roll of a great chef are | | | | over again to make it work or to better it; |
| inspirational and accurately reflect the | | | | each attempt is not a failure, but simply |
| purpose of the spirit within. A valuable | | | | another version of the recipe. Likewise, |
| lesson can be learned by understanding the | | | | humanity can never fail because everything |
| purpose of a chef and what he/she does. I | | | | that it experiences is a different version of |
| have been spending far too much time on the | | | | creation or the creator. |
| food channel, and although I don't really | | | | |
| cook very well and I can't afford to cook | | | | It is the natural tendency for all things to |
| like them; I gain great inspiration from | | | | move to a better version of itself. It is |
| watching the Chefs struggle to become better | | | | only the ego that sees things as failures. It |
| than their food and it has inspired several | | | | is the passion for perfection that drives a |
| articles. | | | | chef to challenge himself. Likewise, it is |
| | | | the passion for life that drives us to |
| A great chef creates the opportunity to | | | | recreate it. Humanity sometimes forgets this, |
| experience the best that food and dining has | | | | and "simple" leads to "complicated" and an |
| to offer. From what I have observed over the | | | | urge to get it over with - to end it. It is |
| years, the Hippocratic Oath for the chef must | | | | in the process of preparing the food that |
| be to not change the flavor and texture of a | | | | enables the chef to experience the finished |
| food product but to enhance the experience of | | | | product. But final end is an illusion, |
| both taste and the texture. His/her purpose | | | | because the product is never finished. He or |
| is to experience food in all its | | | | someone else will move it to the next level |
| possibilities and to bring this new awareness | | | | in another attempt to better perfection. |
| to the table. In my experience the Gourmet | | | | |
| Chef exemplifies what the purpose of spirit | | | | Full of passion and emotion, success and |
| is in the world of physical creation. | | | | failure, the food channel motivates and |
| | | | inspires all loyal viewers to aspire to |
| It is the will of the creator to experience | | | | higher awareness. It is pretty much the only |
| physical life in all its probabilities. It | | | | TV I watch that I can come away feeling |
| does that through the part of itself that it | | | | elevated. Many of the programs are metaphors |
| knows as the physical body. Like a chef the | | | | for the human life experience. However, if |
| creator prepares humanity in countless | | | | your kids are watching a lot of it; it's |
| different forms and experiences so that it | | | | probably because of all the adults swearing - |
| knows itself experientially. As the creator, | | | | they like that. If you can get past them |
| how can I experience myself as humanity | | | | being exposed to the language, there is much |
| unless I create both male and female? How can | | | | to learn about the human condition in an |
| I experience myself as fat without knowing | | | | hour. Warning, parental guidance is advised! |
| myself as skinny? Likewise, how can I know | | | | Success requires a mind set of determination, |
| myself as beautiful without experiencing | | | | passion and a knowing that you will succeed. |
| ugly, and how can I experience myself as | | | | In the bigger picture we always succeed at |
| being good without experiencing bad? | | | | life. In the physical world the successful |
| | | | chefs have risen to the top because at some |
| It is the lifelong pursuit of a chef to know | | | | point they knew they would. All things in |
| himself as the creator of all that he | | | | life are experienced through the knowing that |
| imagines and identify himself with the type | | | | they will be. Hard work and diligence are |
| of food he is known for. A good chef never | | | | like praying and doing affirmations, they |
| stops experiencing new foods, new flavors, | | | | simply help you to focus on what you already |
| and textures. The three most important words | | | | know. |
| for a chef may well be flavor, texture, | | | | |
| presentation. The three most important words | | | | Experience all that you desire in your life |
| for the physical being are creation, freedom, | | | | by becoming a chef of your own life. Process |
| and experience. | | | | and manipulate it to bring to the table the |
| | | | exact results that you have imagined and then |
| Although a chef may process a recipe over and | | | | keep going. |