Evolution of Love 2

THREE GUNAS IN FOODS.

THREE GUNAS IN FOODS................we discussed the three gunnas and their nature. We also said that these gunnas penetrate all creation including the foods we take...In the last 150 years there has been great distortion in the food because we have made the food as an industry.. The seeds could be seen in the birth of McDonald's as a company. Today it is the largest consumer of beef pork chicken etc. With the development of chemical preservation was possible and keep them for well over 90 days in the shelf and marked farm fresh The whole of food industry is the largest mass killer of living things.... Having said this let's see the three type of foods
SATVICK FOOD.......... The simple rule of thumb rule is that anything that grows in direct sunlight. The largest animals in the world live on grass and leaves which are in direct contact with sunlight. Hence mushrooms which grow in darkness is lower than the first category. The next Lower category are those that grow under the ground.. All these form the so called vegetarian foods..Depends of levels of Satvickness you will naturally migrate to the foods which are more and more satvick. Also you must note that all these vegetables also have herbal and curative qualities.
RAJSIC FOODS....All kinds of non vegetarian foods are considered Rajasic.it followers the culture of the west where more importance given to body and activity based living. These animals birds fish etc have more quality of living. The Atma is more reflected in these beings as compared to plants and hence they have a more direct effect on us. Even their pain and sorrow is transferred to us scientifically know we know that mass killing of all these beings for food is not necessarily good for our health..

TAMASIC FOODS....... All foods which are stale and kept for a long time before consumption. So we keep a lot of things in the fridge and consume days or even weeks later All these constitute tamasic food and creates lethargy. More dangerous is the use of chemicals to prevent deterioration. What you see as farm fresh foods in Walmarts could have been preserved for months through the use of chemicals . These are purest of tamasic foods and potentially dangerous. ...
SO .........what do we do.? The best of course is to go to farm markets and pick up what you want. Also eat them as early as possible.. The next which which will save you money as well. Cook as often as you can and avoid going out except as an exception. I think the European culture is more attuned to cooking as compared to US.. Richer a country becomes more the eating out culture comes as a way of life.
The other thing is to try living a non violent life as far as possible.The plants also have life in small measure and we by eating do cause some violence but that the least violent action. This cannot be avoided in the design of nature. They are given the capacity to grow even though we take of them

Spiritual llife by it's very nature will drag us towards satwic foods it's not possible to do any serious meditation with rajasic and tamasic foods.ultimately to just fruits. The body and will not accept the other foods and make it clear to you in many ways.in any case the kind of violence we see in animals birds fish etc the mind cannot accept because it's pure nature is ahimsa..

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