“Do we live in a profane world, or do we say ‘Yes, indeed, sacred space is right here….’
Instead of aiming to go somewhere else, where everything is so much better, the Zen imperative is to recognize that the sacred is here by practicing, living, cooking in the way of sacred space.
You practice making sincere and wholehearted effort. You do not think with ordinary mind, and you do not see with ordinary eyes. You let things come and abide in your heart and let your heart return and abide in things.”
-Edward Espe Brown, No Recipe (cooking as spiritual practice)