A thought for Food & food for Thought- Part 3 of 7

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(continuing from Part 2)

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Dear friends,

 

The machines and inventions we see in Man's mechanical

world are countless in number but it is very

significant to see that they do not all run on a

single kind of fuel.

 

Simple machines like kitchen stoves or petromax

lanterns can run on the crudest of fuel even -- like

kerosene or paraffin. Motor-cars however need

processed fuel like hi-octane gasoline, while

heavy-duty trailer-trucks with big engines, and

massive sea-going ships with giant turbines powering

them, all need superior grade diesel. Supersonic

air-craft are the ultimate in mechanical

sophistication. They can run on nothing but the most

refined of fuels called "aviation-grade" fuel.

 

Hence, we must appreciate how different classes of

machines, depending upon how sophisticated, advanced

or superior they are in design, construction or

functioning, require entirely different types of

fuels. There is only one fuel-type most appropriate

for the functioning of every machine in the world. If

a machine must function as it must, efficiently and

purposefully, then it has to be fed exactly the type

of fuel it deserves -- no less, no more. An F-16

fighter-jet can run on kerosene no more than a woman's

hair-dryer can run on nuclear-power.

 

Now, as with machines so is it with humans, says the

Bhagavath-Gita. Every man must consume the food most

appropriate to his inner nature ("gUNa"). The type and

quality of Food he consumes generates for Man the

"energy" ("prANa") of requisite intensity which in

turn enables him to function best in life. But then it

is Man alone who can and must take full responsibility

for the quality of Food he consumes. It is a very

grave responsibility of life and in the Vedantic

"mArga", or way of life, it is called "anna shuddhi".

 

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(to be continued)

 

Rgds,

 

dAsan,

Sudarshan

 

 

 

 

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