Guest guest Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 , ecirada <ecirada> wrote: > > panamavolcan wrote: > > >Look this is the way I see it pure and simple there is really no > >karma, no birth or death..there really only is what IS..the idea that > >eating meat will somehow retard a person progress is as bogus as > >saying that you need to do some kind of efforting to be Awaken..all > >of this has to do with mind/ego maya and has nothing to do with the > >pure Awareness that you are..it's all a ego game that pushes one away > >from the truth of who they are..IMHO > >Randy > > > > > Randy, if there's no karma, birth or death, > why not stop eating, drinking and breathing? > That would make a discussion like this superfluous > and leave the mind vacuous (empty). lol this is much simpler... just give up the idea that you are some entity having a body, name and form, engaged in eating and breathing. eating, drinking, breathing go on - but have nothing to do with you. and you are not the mind either. while mistakenly assuming this or that identity, you are ever the eternal unbound and undefinable all pervading light of consciousness, the i-i ... BOOM!!! yosy > > On the web there are countless sites mentioning the > benefits of "sattvic food" like this one: > > http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/download/kundalini.htm > -- ---- > Food plays a prominent place in Yoga-Sadhana. An aspirant should be very > careful > in the selection of articles of Sattvic nature especially in the > beginning of his Sadhana > period. Later on when Siddhi is attained, drastic dietetic restrictions > can be removed. > > Purity of food leads to purity of mind. Sattvic food helps meditation. > The discipline of > food is very very necessary for Yogic Sadhana. If the tongue is > controlled, all the other > Indriyas are controlled. > > "Ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih, sattva-suddhau dhruva smritih; Smriti-lambhe > sarva-granthinam viprarnokshah--By the purity of food follows the > purification of the > inner nature, by the purification of the nature, memory becomes firm and > on strengthening > the memory, follows the loosening of all ties and the wise get Moksha > thereby." > -- ---- > Of course, nothing is more sattvic than stopping with eating, drinking and > breathing as there is no karma, birth or death ;-) > > Jan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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