3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

SELF-INTROS PECTIONDietwHAT WE EAT goes to constitute the body and themind. "Sound mind in a sound body" is a wellknown aphorism. We can have neither one nor the otherwith unwholesome diet. A strictly vegetarian diet consistingof vegetables and fruits, both fresh and dried, cereals,dairy products like milk, cream, butter, cheese, yogurt,etc., is essential for all aspirants for Truth. We musttherefore avoid meat, meat juices, fish, fowl, eggs bothfertile and unfertile, or anything containing any of theseingredients in any form or in any degree. Every actionhas a reaction and flesh-eating involves contracting freshKarmas and thus helps to keep the inexorable Karmicwheel in motion for we have to reap what we sow. Wecannot have roses if we sow thistles.The above prohibitions apply equally to all kinds ofalcoholic drinks, intoxicants, opiates and narcotic drugs,as they tend to dull our consciousness and make usmorbid."The body is the temple of the living God" and it musttherefore be kept scrupulously clean.Any prospective candidate for Initiation should thereforetry the vegetarian diet for at least three to sixmonths, to ensure that he or she can adhere to it whenput on the Path.172The observance of strict dietary regulations is very essentialfor steady progress on the holy Path and anytransgression is liable to affect your progress. These rules