Food determines thought ~ 13 Oct 2012

Jaya Guru Datta ! Om Namoh Hanumathe Namaha

JGD Appaji

The world is a projection of our mind. The mind reflects our inner senses outside. And our inner senses are influenced by the food we eat. “Garbage in Garbage out”. This MMS teaches us we have to be very careful especially in food matters. I have experienced that offering whatever we cook daily to the Divine as Naivedya adds additional vibrations to the food. We can further ensure we are eating good food by always offering it to Appaji first, that way we ensure that nothing bad or negative is on our plate.

Jai Guru Datta,
so it´s an iddle belief that we are seperate beings living in a seperate world and that what we take in doesn´t have an influence on us because we merely function as machines. Far failed. Tamasic food will enhance tamasic qualities, rajaic food or sattvic food do the same accordingly. We decide what to eat or read or see or hear (most of the time) and our preferences show a lot about ourselves. Maybe it´s also some sort of sadhana to go against my own “natural” or usual habits and to decide to take that food wich is most sattvic. Sometimes it´s a bit difficult to not watch that nerve straining film on tv about wich I know that it may entertain me shortwhile but has a strainous effect on my nervoussystem and on my sleep. Or to leave away this extra piece of choclate or bisquit. Thank god I already quit eating meat long ago. So, please, dear Swamiji, strengthen my sense of discrimination and discipline and help me to choose the right diet physicaly as well as mentaly and spiritually.

Sri Guru Datta

Jaya Guru Datta
Dear Swami Avadhotta,

The connection between all bodies is YOU teach us and we have to understand, so i will follow and eat good things, for a good mind and body and soul :-)))

Sri Guru Datta

jai guru datta

Jai guru Datta
Puttuji I was a lucky person on my birthday this year, I was mistakenly heard from somebody that eating onions is good , but by order of appaji I should stop onions and pickles immediately . After stoping to eat this two items I felt really happy from my health and my headache stopped from that day.
So what we eat matters a lot.
Thank a lot for this appaji
Sri guru datta

Eating Satvic food is very important and that has been depicted very nicely in this MMS. Eating too much spicy food with lots of masala makes one carry bad temper, leave alone a bad breath! On the other hand, eating mild, fresh and satvic food helps garner soft thoughts that make us gentle in our actions. Eating red meat makes cholesterol levels shoot upwards. When broccoli can give same llevels of nutrition, why not consume that instead of meat?? The person who is cooking and serving and the person who is being served should be peaceful and pure. The surroundings in which we eat should be peaceful and emanate happiness. This is essential in helping the human body absorb nutrients. That is the reason we are advised to eat in a dedicated place in our homes, away from TVs and books. Appaji, hats off to you, you teach us simple things so effectively. Thanks a lot, Pranams to your lotus feet. JGD, SGD!!

jaya guru datta Puttuji….i think this is the second time Appaji prompted us to eat Satvic food in the MMSes….and today i got to know a new Mantra of my favourite Anjaneya, “Om Manojavaya Namaha”.. Om Manojavaya Namaha 🙂 jaya guru datta Appaji….

JGD, it seems for ages I have been telling my family, friends and associates that this the the way to a healthier life. Many have taken the advice and added fruits, veges and holistic foods to their diets. Now, I wish that they all will read Sadgurudeva’s MMS. SGD

gurumadye sthithum viswam viswa madyr sthitho guruh
viswrupo viruposou thusmie sri guravenamah

naguroradikum naguriradikum
naguroradikum naguroradikum
sivasasanathah sivasasanathah
siva sasanathah sivasasanathah||
sri rama jaya rama jaya jaya rama om namo hanumathe namah

Jaya Guru Datta! Thank You for this message, Puttuji! “A man is what he eats”. I’ve heard this for years, but began believing this not so long ago. I was born into a vegetarian family, but processed foods, junk/fast food and large portions still made it to my diet. After years of listening to Sri Swamiji’s discourses, I believed that food has a lot to do with your spiritual progress in particular and with your thoughts and actions in general. I remember a great master of Yogi once tell me that despite her sadhana, she found something missing in her ascent up the spiritual ladder until she realized it was her diet. I recall Pujya Bala Swamiji mentioning during the Chaturmasya Ramayana discourse that we should avoid raw onions. The overall lesson from such messages is to keep food sattvic, pure and natural. Swamiji recommends that our food be sattvic and consumed in moderation. It’s an essential ingredient for a healthy life and for our spiritual progress in as much as a healthy body is required for spiritual progress. Obeisance to the Holy Lotus Feet!

Jai Guru Datta, Food determines physical body’s health also.
Pranam Sadguru for cleansing our mind, body and soul.

Jaya Guru Datta! Dear Appaji, I thank you very much for planting the wish of being a vegetarian long before I met You again in this life. I thank you for cleansing me so that I mostly long for fresh, organic vegetables and fruits (and only very seldom long for non-sattvic food like chips, pizza etc.). Now, trying to eat sattvic for a number of years, I cannot compare directly how it would be otherwise, but I simply feel very happy to eat healthy. And by the way: there is none more delicious food than the prasadam at Mysuru! Sri Guru Datta!

Spiritual individuals and Veda practitioners eat in private, in clean specific surroundings, not in public view. They purify themselves and then only eat food that has first been offered to God. They do not eat stale or refrigerated food. Food is not an inert physical substance that builds just the body. It is full of life, consciousness and a powerful aura. That is why it maintains our life force and guides our thoughts and personality traits which reflect as actions. It is sensitive to outside influences & vibrations. Water & food exposed to Swamiji’s music show a remarkably enhanced aura. Food becomes pure and divine when offered to God. A tiger eats food obtained by violence & acts violently. A vegetarian elephant, huge and powerful, is yet gentle and can be tamed. The negative thoughts & moods of people affect the foods that they see, smell, handle, prepare, and consume. Who can control the mental state of a chef at an eatery? A caring mother chants prayers while cooking.

There is much more to purity of food than what is obvious to the naked eye and what our normal reasoning can determine.Some Indian families are extremely finicky about what is referred to in Telugu as, ‘engili’ – namely, contamination by saliva. The concept seems to be absent in some western countries, where to my horror, the chef frequently dips a finger in the food and licks it with relish and dips it in again, or uses the same spoon over and over again to stir food, after touching it to the lips to taste. The personality traits of the person and germs get carried into the food through saliva and touch when that is done. Some Indians refuse to even use the same dinner plate that has been used by others. Eating on a leaf is considered the safest to be free from contamination by others’ germs or traits. Food cooked, touched by, or even looked at by another, influences it, as per our scriptures. When food is exposed to violent people or scenes, the results on the eater can be negative.

జై గురుదత్త శ్రీ గురుదత్త పాహిమాం తండ్రి రక్షమాం శ్రీ గురుభ్యో నమః ఓం నమో వెంకటేశాయ నమః మీరు మాకు మంచి దారి చూపించారు ఓం నమో హనుమతే నమః

Jaya Guru Datta,
Food determines thought, Thought determines action….overall food determines our character. I always remember SWAMIJI’s story about elephant and lion.
The song and video are excellent in this MMS.
Om Sri Sadgurubhyo Namaha!

JGD. May the food we eat optimize our path to permanently enthroning Datta’s feet in our heart of hearts. JGD

jgd…:))

JAYA GURU DATTA! I`m very happy and thankful, that I became a vegetarian when I met You, beloved Sadgurudeva. We have all the tasty food we can cook and eat. Many many thanks and pranams to Your holy lotusfeet, dearest Appaji. S.G.D.!

Gerne schliesse ich mich Puttuji’s Aussage an und will farbige Früchte und Gemüse essen und so zu einem kräftigen Hanuman heranwachsen, auf den DU stolz sein kannst, mein liebster GURUDEVA.
OM ANJANEYAYA NAMAH
OM MANOJAVAYA NAMAH

Since long, it`s a fix idea from me to eat fresh and colourful meals, especially red fruits
and vegetables. This colour gives my body good basic energy!
But for everyone it`s something different.
So I`m very fond of this video and message.
Tamasic food is so contra productive, satvic food is so effective, healthy and pure !!!
Jai Guru Datta !

JGD
this is a lesson that sri swamiji is teaching me since many years by His loving patient inner guiding. the energy and effect of food is most fascinating and ayurveda is a science that in my view excels most modern sophisticated western nutrition theories, except for some academic outsider research like that of the german fritz albert popp showing how living cells emit ultraweak light radiation he calls biophotons and that the body is nourished from the biophotons in the food. in the late 19th and early 20th century the swiss physician max bircher-benner inspired by eastern philosophy developed similar concepts of nourishment. when I eat I try to be conscious of absorbing the light in the food and not the material. and when I see what and how most people eat I regard it in relation to violence, carelessness and mental contamination.
OM ANJANEYAYA NAMAHA
OM MANOJAVAYA NAMAHA