An Oasis

I've been wanting to go to this restaurant in Chicago for a while. It's called Loving Heart Vegan. I am always looking out for businesses with good business names and that was/is a Golden Child in a sea of bleh.

 

 

Before going, I looked the place up. There is a guru named Ching Hai who shares her spiritual principles, inspires vegan establishments like this, and even has a fashion line.

 

I ordered a spirulina smoothie and a chocolate cupcake, found a book from the shelf, and sat down to greet this beautiful plant. Give it up for real plants in restaurants!

 

I chilled for a bit, drinking my smoothie and thumbing through the book courtesy of Supreme Master Ching Hai. Then I landed on this page.

 

 

I found this passage to be very interesting because it is the best attempt I have found yet to characterize the, um, gender? or sex... of God. I'm not sure if God has a sex or a gender. Apparently God has sex with Him/Herself... but anyway, ever since I was young I was taught to believe that God embodies masculine AND feminine characteristics.

 

Ever since I found Jesus, I have heard him refer to God sometimes in the feminine (She, Her, Hers, Herself) and sometimes in the masculine (He, Him, His, Himself) depending on the feelings Jesus feels from God and what gender they more closely resemble. It's a bit of a headtrip for me to pretend I know what aspect of God I'm feeling at any moment. But for myself, I would love to see the language we use to describe God to change. I'm not ready to use Hes, Hirm, and Hiers at the moment but I'll jump on the bandwagon if it goes mainstream.

 



 

I finished my time at the restaurant with a delicious, hearty, and pure (I don't know how else to describe it) meal. I had the Tom Kha soup, and Curry Bowl with mock Korean Barbeque meat. I don't know who you are Tom Kha, but if you're anything like the soup that bears your name, you must be a swell guy.

 

Sometimes I can't wait to move out of Chicago. This city feels so filthy and cramped to me. But I know that wherever you go, there you are. You can't escape from yourself.

 

At least I can seek beautiful places like this one and enjoy the riches they have to offer.