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Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being1820
is restored, when they return to their meals. We may take this lesson from
them with considerable profit.
We do not wish students to become “food cranks” who weigh, measure
and analyze every mouthful of food. We consider this an abnormal method
and believe that such a course generates fear-thought and fills the Instinctive
mind with all sorts of erroneous ideas. We think it a much better plan to
use ordinary precautions and judgment in the selection of one’s food,
and then to bother no more about the matter, but eat with the thought
of nourishment and strength in your minds, masticating the food as we
have stated, and knowing that nature will do its work well. Keep as close to
nature as possible, and let her plans be your standard of measurement. The
strong, healthy man is not afraid of his food, and neither should be the man
who wishes to be healthy. Keep cheerful, breathe properly, eat properly,
live properly, and you will not have occasion to make a chemical analysis of
every mouthful of food. Do not be afraid to trust to your Instinct, for that is
the natural man’s guide, after all.