Non vegetarian foods contain infections transmitted to animals genetically and also acquired by the animals.Also our system has to convert animal protein to vegetable protein during digestion.As an aside , from where do the animals get their proteins?-from vegetables.Why do not we go the source?
Category: Health
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On Happiness.
Happiness is a state of mind. One must distinguish between mind and intellect.Brain is the gateway through which sensory perceptions are collected, as in CPU of a computer.Activity of the brain is Mind.It sifts through the material and decides the course of response.Intellect is the activity of the Mind at a different level,which discriminates between Right and Wrong, Good and Bad.Beyond intellect , if one were to examine, he/she will know something that is observing all the three(I am not talking about the concept of God at all).That which observes all these remain unaffected by pairs of oppoites;pleasure and pain;heat and cold;victory and defeat.It always remains fully contented and never is in want of anything.This is the state that is being spoken of.Each of of us can feel this if only we listen carefully.But we confuse in daily life activity of brain and intellect and feel happy/sad.
Again, a thing that gives us Happiness gives us grief at another point of Time;the same thing that gives one Happiness does bring in grief to others.Therefore, Happiness/Grief does not lie in the objects but in our mind.
Once we realise this and that we are here on a sojourn,we do not own anything,as things were here before us and shall remain here after we leave,our relationships are acquired(except parents, brothers/sisters,children-these are not our choices), we shall know that we lord over nothing and at the same time we own every thing in us that is the embodiment of Happiness. -
On Things we control.
Truth is that we have no contol over things in the world including ourselves.Things happen as they do, despite us.We imagine cause and effect relationships;in fact causal relationships are only a tool of our mind to categorise events.
The only way to remain happy is to change our perceptions of the world and accept things as they are.(even here our choice is limited as our dispositions to perceive are predetermined , whether you accept it or not) -
Stay Happy and Healthy.
1.Eating good food.Food that is cooked afresh,neither too hot, nor cold,neither too much of salt,spicy,tangy;reheated food,food that is old.
Faith.in something worth living for.(Gita)
3.Do what you ought to do and do not anticipate results.(Gita)
4.Remember we can change nobody nor their opinions.People and things are what they are.Leave them be.(Gita)
5.Too much of attachment to anything is a curse.
6.We are born with none and shall leave alone.All relationships acquired.These are of two kinds.One is SONDHAM( relative is a poor substitute) ,which is not determined by us, namely parents, brothers and sisters and children .These can not be avoided.We must take this with a pinch of salt in that because of their special place in our existence that does not give us the right to interfere in their lives.The other is BANDHAM.These are acquired by us, like wife, profession , friends.Less interaction that would lead to our well being is better.
5.Avoid comments on others.
6.Attachment leads to desire;desire to anger, anger to imbalance, imbalance to destruction of intellect-and that leads to ruination. Be content(Gita)
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