Chefology and the Spiritual Experience

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