3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

DIET 4 13. TAMSIK : Enervating foods: stale foods, eggs, meat,fish, fowl and wine, etc.Out of the above, we should always prefer satvik orpure foods. These do a lot of good. Again, even of these,we must partake a little below the saturation point of theappetite. When we get delicious foods, we are temptedto eat more than what is actually needed and the extrafood taken, instead of giving extra health and energy,proves baneful. The food which is not digested properlyand assimilated in the system causes colic pains and achesand in some cases even cholera, and one has to pay wi:hone's life itself. "Do not overload the motor of your stomach,"else you fall an easy prey to nausea. A surfeltof even what is good does prove harmful at times. Amoderation in victuals and viands helps in the growth ofvital powers in man.'''Fresh air is the most essential part in our food. Onemust intake long breaths, retain them a while and thenexhale them out fully so as to cast out all the impuritiesof the body. Besides, one must drink a lot of pure waterand take fruit juices to flush the system through andthrough to make one clean. But avoid all types of hotand soft drinks, spiritous liquors, and intoxicants, forthey render the mind and intellect morbid. Grains andfruits should form our normal and staple foods.''"The satvik food keeps the head and heart free from alltypes of impurities."' The prohibited food flares up carnaldesires."'Q. Alcohol is not allowed to the initiates. Does it applyto such cases where it has to be administered under