There is a meditation exercise in which you place a raisin in your mouth. You do not eat the raisin. You meditate and allow it to sit in your mouth unmolested. The raisin plumps up and becomes a juicy fruitness in your mouth, tempting you to bite it. This is a powerful example of how eating is different when you are truly aware of each morsel. - Thich Nhat Hanh Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. When my family and I visited Tokyo earlier this year, it was a bit sad to see the ris