The One-Straw Revolution - Multiworld India

this, one arrives at the non-discriminating diet of the natural person.The Diet of Non-DiscriminationHuman life is not sustained by its own power. Nature gives birth tohuman beings and keeps them alive. This is the relation in which peoplestand to nature. Food is a gift of heaven. People do not create foods fromnature; heaven bestows them.Food is food and food is not food. It is a part of man and is apartfrom man.When food, the body, the heart, and the mind become perfectlyunited within nature, a natural diet becomes possible. The body as it is,following its own instinct, eating if something tastes good, abstaining ifit does not, is free.It is impossible to prescribe rules and proportions for a natural diet [adefinite code or system by which one can consciously decide thesequestions is impossible. Nature, or the body itself, serves as a capableguide. But this subtle guidance goes unheard by most people because ofthe clamor caused by desire and by the activity of the discriminatingmind]. This diet defines itself according to the local environment, and thevarious needs and the bodily constitution of each person.The Diet of PrincipleEveryone should be aware that nature is always complete, balancedin perfect harmony within itself. Natural food is whole and within thewhole are nourishment and subtle flavors.It appears that, by applying the system of yin and yang, people canexplain the origin of the universe and the transformations of nature. Itmay also seem that the harmony of the human body can be determined143