Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - Develop a Discriminating Mind

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for TodayNovember 28, 2003- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Develop a Discriminating Mind

If you want to gain control over the food that you take in, you should not go on

feeding the tongue whatever it desires. You have to develop discrimination. In

every activity of life you have to apply your discriminating faculties to

determine if what you are doing will benefit you spiritually. In the area of

food, you have to explore and find out whether the food you take in is pure, or

if it inflames the senses and passions, or if it is of a dull, unhealthy quality

that produces a sleepy slothful reaction.

According to the Gita, maintaining control over the tongue by taking in pure

food in limited quantities is absolutely essential for the devotee. Use your

powers of discrimination with every item of food and ask the question, "Is this

food pure, or will it disturb or lower my consciousness?" If you were to examine

every item of food you use in this way, and take food in judiciously, you would

always remain equal-minded. You would not be affected by censure or praise.

But, if you were to indulge in food without discrimination, without trying to

find out whether it was desirable or not, paying attention only to satisfying

your hunger and catering to your taste buds, you would not be able to control

your attachments and feelings. You would sink down into weakness. If someone

were to make adverse comments about you, you would soon conclude that the whole

world was against you and you would feel depressed. The moment you were

criticized or blamed by anyone your happiness would go, you would become grief

stricken and regard all of life as meaningless.

On the other hand, if anyone were to praise you and appreciate you, you would

start bloating up with ego and pride. It would be practically impossible to

hold you down. What is the reason for such instability? The single most

important reason for these weaknesses is the type of food you take in. All

these adverse feelings come about because of your lack of control and

discrimination in the area of food. The Gita has emphasized the need for

exercising extreme care in selecting the food you eat. You must constantly keep

in mind the importance of pure food for helping you to maintain equanimity in

all situations, so that you become neither elated when praise is showered, nor

depressed when criticism is heaped upon you.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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