Once again you make connections across paradigms- well done!!!
while i made choices many years ago regarding which foods truly nourished me, casting it as sovereignty is an interesting concept. when i look back at how i had to stand up for my choice to eat a vegetarian diet, & literally argue for my right to choose what to put into my body, i realize it was the word and all it implies that is worthy of more than passing consideration. sovereignty has gotten a bad rap after being used in certain arenas to justify non-cooperation with government and laws meant to hold a community together by the highest good for the most and peacefully. when i claim sovereignty for my Self, i commit to understanding the responsibility entailed in the choices i make- for my financial well-being, my partnerships with others, and-indeed- for my health and welfare via appropriate food choices.
For years I have thought about and practiced ‘let food be thy medicine.’ I have not thought about food choice as a sovereign practice, tho now it seems obvious. Thanks for a new idea to unpack
Everything a human needs to live on this planet is provided for us by the same. Of course we are one with this ecosystem so that makes total sense. So when we examine food as medicine, we also need to equally understand that food can be poison as well. It’s the discernment piece that’s important and that’s where sovereignty arrives.
As always, thank you for sharing this so beautifully. I’m touched by how you’ve carried sovereignty into the fabric of your life, not as a banner to wave, but as a lived practice of responsibility. The story of having to defend your food choices really brings that home; sovereignty isn’t always glamorous, it’s often forged in those quiet but firm acts of standing up for what nourishes us. Who wants to do that, really? Nah....
I also appreciate your nuanced view of the word itself. You’re right, sovereignty has been co-opted and misused in ways that distort its essence. But what you’ve described reclaims it, rooting it not in separation or defiance, but in deep accountability to self, community, and the larger web of life; that’s a powerful reframing. It's about our unique choices for us, by us.
I love how you extend sovereignty beyond food into finances, partnerships, and well-being. It becomes not just about the right to choose, but the wisdom to understand the weight of those choices. That feels like the heart of what sovereignty can be: freedom braided with responsibility, choice infused with care. I know it can be the hardest thing, pretty much ever as well.
Once again you make connections across paradigms- well done!!!
while i made choices many years ago regarding which foods truly nourished me, casting it as sovereignty is an interesting concept. when i look back at how i had to stand up for my choice to eat a vegetarian diet, & literally argue for my right to choose what to put into my body, i realize it was the word and all it implies that is worthy of more than passing consideration. sovereignty has gotten a bad rap after being used in certain arenas to justify non-cooperation with government and laws meant to hold a community together by the highest good for the most and peacefully. when i claim sovereignty for my Self, i commit to understanding the responsibility entailed in the choices i make- for my financial well-being, my partnerships with others, and-indeed- for my health and welfare via appropriate food choices.
For years I have thought about and practiced ‘let food be thy medicine.’ I have not thought about food choice as a sovereign practice, tho now it seems obvious. Thanks for a new idea to unpack
Everything a human needs to live on this planet is provided for us by the same. Of course we are one with this ecosystem so that makes total sense. So when we examine food as medicine, we also need to equally understand that food can be poison as well. It’s the discernment piece that’s important and that’s where sovereignty arrives.
The difference between medicine and poison, is dose. Paraphrase Paracelsus
Just ask Socrates…. If the poison tastes like wine, I’m done for… 😎
As always, thank you for sharing this so beautifully. I’m touched by how you’ve carried sovereignty into the fabric of your life, not as a banner to wave, but as a lived practice of responsibility. The story of having to defend your food choices really brings that home; sovereignty isn’t always glamorous, it’s often forged in those quiet but firm acts of standing up for what nourishes us. Who wants to do that, really? Nah....
I also appreciate your nuanced view of the word itself. You’re right, sovereignty has been co-opted and misused in ways that distort its essence. But what you’ve described reclaims it, rooting it not in separation or defiance, but in deep accountability to self, community, and the larger web of life; that’s a powerful reframing. It's about our unique choices for us, by us.
I love how you extend sovereignty beyond food into finances, partnerships, and well-being. It becomes not just about the right to choose, but the wisdom to understand the weight of those choices. That feels like the heart of what sovereignty can be: freedom braided with responsibility, choice infused with care. I know it can be the hardest thing, pretty much ever as well.