Masked while cooking, etc.

[Guest guest]

I have been following this debate, and feel that it's tending to go slightly

'over the top'. "Cleanliness is next to godliness" is an old and worthy

saying. And I do understand the deeper spiritual and theological aspects of

the preparation of food. Cleanliness in the kitchen is absolutely essential.

But how is the necessary degree of cleanliness to be defined?

 

I think what is being forgotten here is the nature of the material body.

>From a clinical and epidemiological point of view, it is impossible and

highly undesirable to try to isolate ourselves from the normal

microbiological environment. Krishna has given us a brilliantly engineered

immune system that MUST be used or "exercised" if it is to function and

ultimately protect us. This may seem ironic or even like a dilemma, but we

cannot survive unless our immune system comes into direct contact with the

bacteria transmitted by other people. That is its purpose.

 

Clinical and empirical medical investigation have proved over and over that

it is exactly those people who try to excessively "protect" themselves from

disease who get sick the most! In other words: the more we try to protect

ourselves from infection, the more we get infected. We could even carry this

a philosophical step further and say that Krishna gave us the immune system

for a reason, and by not using it as it was intended, we are not adhering to

His plan. This is perhaps speculation on my part, I admit. Others will

surely disagree.

 

I do not wish to offend, but only to offer a new dimension to this

discussion for your consideration.

 

YS