bismillah.
one meal a day. at sun down. kichoree.
hours before the sun sinks, i prepare kichoree. kichoree is an ancient recipe that is used in ayurveda as part of the panchakarma treatment. my mom used to make kichoree when we were sick.
my mom makes it with ancient hands and ancient ways, unassuming - sari, shawl, nose ring, smile, squatting when preparing a meal, cuss-less, bangla like the ganges - without making it a statement, without reclaiming something lost.
ammu never lost it, even when stares of others, of white, and black, and brown, and yellow people in 80's nyc stared her down like she was a ufo.
ammu is a ufo. she is the same ufo that kehemets tuned in to via pyramids aligned with osiris.
kichoree is rice and lentils and spices and some veggies, all cooked together, until porridge.
kichoree is good for you. like prayer, and fasting. asked my mom why she fasts, a tinge of arrogance in the intention of my question, like she was blindly hugging something without knowing, cause of tradition and being unread, and opium of the masses. ammu says because it is law, because it was written.
you may cringe at the sound of scripture, and if you live anywhere in the western world - to qur'an. you may have an eyebrow up to the laws, rules, like me. like i used to. until i looked at the sky and spent time by the ocean, and meditated in the forest, and did a headstand on the zenith of the hudson valley.
look up. day or night. if it's dark, look for the moon. do this for 28 days. do it for another 28. do it for another day. waniing, waxing, quarter, half, full.
there are laws, the sun and moon and earth and rivers are tuned in. it's math. pythagorean theory, pi, aristotlean law...
kichoree is used for a period of time for its homogeneity, for its bolus, digested consistency. kichoree is used in panchakarma to prepare the body for detox.
i'm preparing for liquids only...
Word.Ameen.
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