MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL :4. (c).





(c). HARMFUL FOODS :


Different foods produce different effects in different compartments of the brain.

Spiced dishes, sour things, black gram, onions, garlic, tea, wine, fish, meat, mustard oil, etc., excite passions and emotions and should, therefore, be avoided.

They should be particularly avoided by a Sadhaka.

A Jijnasu (spiritual aspirant) should strictly give up meat, fish and alcoholic drinks as these make the mind coarse and produce excitement in the mind.

Heavy food brings Tandri (drowsiness) and Alasya (laziness).

Tea should be given up.

It destroys Virya.

Sugar must be taken in moderation.

It is better if it is given up.


Next :(d)FOOD ITEMS HELPFUL IN MEDITATION


Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...




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