5 TYPES OF FOOD

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food is a famous quote.

And it is a fact that the right choice of food and the right way of taking it is the mantra for a healthy living.

No disease that can be cured by food can be cured by medicine. Changing the food changes the life...

We can classify food into five types depending upon their value.

1. Natural raw  vegan food : they are whole foods, which come with delicious taste (like apples, carrots) and balanced nutrients and enzymes within them. Easily assimilated by the body, as the enzymes in them help digestion and absorption.

2. Value added vegan food : like sprouts. Nutritive but less tastier.

3. Cooked vegan food : tasty but less nutritive.

4. Meat food :  Tasty and assumed to be rich in protein, which is a myth. Where do the animals that we slaughter for food get their protein from? They get it only from the plants they eat. Similarly we can get all the proteins that we need from the plant based food, the water we drink and the air around us.

5. Refined food : Full of sugar and salts. The body is left with a big question mark about how to digest the food. It has to rob the energy stored already in the cells (especially the liver and kidneys) to help in digesting.
We feel refreshed and energetic immediately after we take a cup of coffee, isn't it? It gives us an instant high, followed by a terrible crash. This is because, all the energy stored in the liver and kidneys are poured into our bloodstream to enable the organs in the digestive system to digest the coffee. The feeling of refreshment is only temporary and our body actually loses the stored energy that can be used incase of emergencies.

Most of the food that we take today would not be familiar to our grand mothers. Now a days, we are very much concerned about health and its relationship to what we eat, but we have handed over the responsibility to the faceless corporations...

About 90% of food that we see in the shelves of the supermarket today were not available 100 years ago, when people lived more healthy. Now the markets are flooded with a variety of mouth watering food items and the people are gifted with various diseases.

When hungry, the body longs for nutrition. If we are going to simply satisfy our taste buds, the body will be deprived of vital nutrients and become sick in due course. We can live a life free of diseases that are associated with our lifestyle if we set a priority to what we eat every time we are hungry. 

Eating a plant based diet and avoiding processed food make us light. Nature has blessed us with fruits and vegetables with all the minerals and vitamins that are needed for us to thrive in.

GRABBING OTHERS' PROSPERITY - AN ANIMAL INSTINCT

Human beings have not come directly from God. 

The divinity gave away the five elements of nature - the aakash, air, fire, water and earth. Then came the billions of stars and planets. The first living thing could have been a unicellular organism, slowly became five sensed animals. Finally man evolved with six senses and during this process, he has got the karmas or the imprints from animals, which are called animal instincts.

Except plants all other living beings kill other animals for their food. While doing so, the killed animal's body is harmed and it is deprived of its right to live. This is called grabbing others' property. But this is justifiable, because they can't grow or create their own food.

Take a look at this video to see how animals are being tortured in a slaughter house before they are butchered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atrMjvfreQo&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F&has_verified=1

"MY JOURNEY TO SLAUGHTER" by a cow

Me and my friends were beaten up by an impatient worker into a truck. 

No place to turn or move...Where are we going? we were clueless!

It was a long journey...I was terribly hungry and thirsty, seeing my friends die of the same.

Atlast the truck stopped and we were eager to eat and drink. But alas! what was happening!

We were driven into a building, could see terrific sights and hear disturbing sounds...
Extremely frightened and confused...

Oh what has happened? slash!!!!! Before I could realise that it was my turn, it was all over. But I was still not completely out of consciousness...

I had never experienced such a pain and agony with fear and confusion so far...Is it a hell or what is called as slaughter house? 

Six sensed man can grow food from natural resources. He need not kill animals for food, fur, skin etc. When he eats their flesh and blood, the energy of death and degeneration associated with the killing of animals enters his body.  He behaves like animals, does not exhibit love or compassion. This is a very important reason for the violent activities of man.

The urge to get elevated to the higher self must come from within. Veganism is a brilliant approach for elevating human consciousness. A lot of people don't want to be vegan just because they do not know the benefits of the food they are going to be in for.

I have been a vegan for more than 15 years and it has changed my life that I can't describe to you. But, it has helped a lot. In a nutshell !!!!

How to become vegan?
A lot of people turn vegan, and after sometime turn down saying, "Yeah, this is not for me". Don't just jump into the vegan life style straight way. Take a small step every time and eventually things are going to change. You are super powerful...There is an easy, yet effective way of doing it. First start eating  a lot of plant based food, say 80% and the rest according to your own wish.
By concentration and consistency, you can refurbish the mind and body.

The IYAMA (dont's)

GOD  +  IMPURITIES  =  HUMAN BEING

HUMAN BEING  -  IMPURITIES  =  DIVINE

The impurities in man are EGO (I and me), SINS (karma) AND ILLUSIONS (maya). These three forces attract human beings into the materialistic world and  cause sorrows in a vicious circle.

These impurities are the results of imprints which are inherited from parents and forefathers and from the results of one's deeds. The bad imprints tempt human beings to commit the dont's, which are

• Telling lies
• Stealing
• Killing or harming
• Gambling
• Violating one's modesty

If one acquires any of the above mentioned sins, it brings in all other sins with it. All the religious practices and places of worship came into existence only to help man get rid of his impurities. The religions create the fear of God in human mind and shape up the mind and body for realizing the higher self. 

I don't belong to any religion because, I have realized that there is only one Supreme power, which we address as GOD with different names...

The Niyama continued

So the niyama is nothing but feeling and acting responsible for self, family, the entire human race and the nature. This is infact the essence of teaching of all the religions in the world. They all speak about the same thing, but in different words...

What are the niyamas to be implemented in our life?

To be honest, it is very difficult, involves a great deal of alertness in each and every second of our life to bring in a harmony in what we think, say and do. We must take an oath to follow the fivefold culture I have mentioned below to embrace the desirable changes.

       

       I will live healthy and  productive

       I won't kill anybody for my food

1. I won't hurt anybody's body or mind 

       I will do the needful to those who are in pain and poverty

       I will respect the freedom of others

Swearing these vows daily and a covenant effort to fulfill them will lead to a free, successful and ecstatic life. We feel so good about ourselves without the need for anyone else's approval. This happiness becomes a journey, and not a destination. 

The Do's (Niyama)

The modern world has drawn us far far away from a healthy lifestyle. And the modern medicine gives us the courage to continue. It's an illusion indeed. According to me, living in absolute health is life...otherwise it's simply an existence. We begin to understand the virtue of being a human being only when we have a sound mind in a sound body. And unfold our true self...

When we analyze our thoughts and deeds, we can understand that all of them are against the law of nature and these are repeatedly getting imprinted in our genes. Theses are the obstacles to a peaceful life.When we become our own judge (definitely no one else can judge you right), we can eradicate all those mistakes that were committed knowingly and unknowingly and refurbish our body and mind. this leads to a civilized society in which we can flourish.

So what is the 'Ethics' or the virtuous living or the Niyama?

In Maharishi's terms, it is...pursuing only those thoughts, words and deeds that do not harm ourselves and others' body or mind either in the present or future. 

The Simplified Yoga

The style of yoga which we follow was devised by Yogiraj Vethathiri Maharishi, an Indian saint. He attained enlightenment in his very young age. He had a burning desire to ease the pathway of  yoga so that normal men and women can attain their higher self. He found that the main reason behind why people do not pursue yoga is its austere disciplines and the knotty postures (shh..laziness too) despite its conspicuous and exhilarating benefits. With his mastery in Siddha, Homeopathic and Ayurvedic medicine, and a zeal to formulate an effortless system of yogic lifestyle, he evolved 'SIMPLIFIED YOGA'.

I have posted the super easy asana part of the simplified yoga and its benefits already. The yama(dont's) and niyama (do's) are about moralizing the habits and character.The urge and an effort towards this leads to peace and wisdom. Men and women are born and grow up with instincts like

Harming

Killing

Snatching others' prosperity

Destroying others' freedom

These are called the 'ANIMAL INSTINCTS'.

When these animal instincts are stronger, there is no love or compassion. And I feel this is the reason for all crimes and wars in the world, and we are thriving for world peace...The world peace cannot come from somewhere outside, it is within us. Within each and everyone of us... 

Individual man's peace leads to peace in family, it leads to peace in a community, then peace in the country, and peace in the countries will lead to world peace. Hence it is very important that every man and woman keep on improving himself and help his family and friends improve to attain their greatest version. 

Maharishi has simplified the methods of self refining. He has given a series of exercises for the body, soul and mind which comprises an individual. It is infact our duty to make it a staple. Cause, we need to create a world of peace and harmony, where our progenies are going to flourish...

It's YOGA DAY