The World Peace Diet: Eating For Spiritual Health And Social Harmony

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prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. 21
By breaking the blinding grip of materialism, we can see the subtle
connections that link us all to each other. We all know that thoughts and
feelings have power. We’ve seen, in both our private and public lives,
how effective a strong feeling and a clear thought can be in manifesting
an outcome—for an energy field is thus created that will attract others
with similar vibrational tendencies, further reinforcing that energized
thought form. These thought fields will reproduce after their kind. It is
apparent, for example, that Adolf Hitler understood the power of
thought fields on mass consciousness, and that his colleagues consciously
used symbols, slogans, and focused thought to create a vibrational
field of pride and conquest that was irresistible to millions of people in
what was, ironically, perhaps the most highly educated and apparently
rational society of the time.
The oneness of human consciousness has been demonstrated in positive
ways as well, and the effect of people joined in loving thoughts and
prayers for peace has been widely documented. Some researchers refer
to this effect as “the Maharishi effect,” since people trained in
Transcendental Meditation have conducted many experiments on the
effects that a group of meditators radiating a focused field of peace and
harmony have on the crime rate and other social indicators of particular
targeted cities. 22 The results have been impressive and significant.
Some researchers, like Larry Dossey, M.D., are documenting and
exploring the consequent effects of prayer on bodily healing. 23 These
uses of materialistic science to prove what we already know are ironic.
Materialism has covered over and ignored the truth that we are all connected,
that rather than separate material objects with brains that give
rise to consciousness, we are infinite consciousness manifesting as
beings in time and space. The evidence for this is overwhelming, both in
the utterances of spiritually illumined people and in our own hearts,
minds, and daily life experiences, if we open our eyes and see! The undeniable
effect of prayer (consciousness) in promoting physical healing is
but one example of this.