23. Wine focuses Consciousness on the Now of Eating

Most Food assists in absorbing the poisonous acids generated by Organs terrified by Mind. Wine helps to digest food, spirits inhibit the digestion of food. Diners don’t drink liquor with dinner for that reason; it diminishes the enjoyment of the food because it tends to fight digestion instead of assist it like wine does. While these factors are purely physical, which can be analyzed in terms of amounts of different substances - more acid/less acid - more or less nutrients - more or less fat - good or bad fat - there is another component to wine that alleviates stress and encourage a healthier life style. Drinking wine with the meal tends to focus Consciousness on the Now of Eating. The Diner tends to become lost in the immensity of the Moment, his senses bombarded by complex tastes, fragrances, and textures. Wine neutralizes his word-addicted Mind, who tends to dwell in the past and future. With the assistance of intoxication the Diner luxuriates in his protective bubble unaware that anything else exists.

Fine Dining of the French versus Fast Food of Americans

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