True Nature + Eating wild -- Killing the Story of Scarcity

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown. RB*

Frank Cook used to say, “Eat Something Wild Every Day.”

While living in remote Kipahulu Maui, every time I picked an avocado from the tree, a miracle berry from the bush, a mango off the ground, a lime, lemon, papaya, or orange from the tree, I thought of Frank, and said, yes to the wildness that feeds me.

While there I caught myself doing something I rarely do… taking pictures of my food.

I was just so excited: an entire meal made from the land! click.

“Lamb,” I had to say to myself. “All food is from the land.”

But this felt different. I was watching myself rewire one of the most powerful stories on earth as I picked a pumpkin off the vine and made a meal that served 6. As the world goes crazy and the threat of economic collapse looms, I picked another orange, and gathered spinach and wild hibiscus. This is wealth.

Money doesn’t grow on trees:

true abundance grows on trees.

And what a trip to witness so many people allowing the fruit of their trees, of life, drop to the ground without getting to taste it.

I couldn’t figure out what was so special about eating directly from the tree (aside from it tasting delicious and alive and vibrant).

And then I realized: as I picked the fruit from the tree and the kale from the garden, I was in relationship to the true generous nature of the spirit of plants. A LIFE fulfilled — grown, lived, and then served as nourishment for others. May we all be so lucky to have the fruits of our labor enjoyed.

Their wild nature feeds my wild nature.

And it turns out…I can taste the difference when we capitalize them.

It got me thinking…so many have ended up in an economy where their time is bought and sold and fed a story that leads to a kind of system that goes against our true nature.

It got me thinking about what it is doing to our consciousness, to be eating capitalized (even when organic) food that has been mass produced, possibly poisoned or forced to grow larger and faster, ripped from the earth, thrown in a box, driven how many miles, placed in a cold refrigerator, until we come along to eat what little energy still remains in the body of the plant.

It’s enough to encourage one to have a garden.

(The quote at the top is by Robert Bly)

Three things to share:

1. THE ALCHEMY OF STORY begins July 11th

We will be focusing on exploring your mythic soul story, and your true nature and our next creative intensive begins July 11th. This course is foundational and will rock your world as we explore 3 key kinds of stories: origin stories, lineage stories, and the mythos living in your soul story. You won’t walk away the same.

2. You are invited to attend retreat in Kipahulu, Maui next April 6-11. If you feel called to go on a STORY CATCHER storytelling retreat, and explore your true nature through a nature immersion and storytelling retreat— ping me and I’m happy to fill in the details. This is an intimate retreat and is open to 10 people.

3. The Soul Story for The Story of Scarcity. The following section is for paid subscribers (thank you! It is so fun dreaming into fun and delicious nuggets to share with you). This post offers you an audio journey into the Story or Scarcity. This is a guided meditation, and also has an integration audio guide to support your reflection and work to transform and heal this story.