Why Be A Vegetarian?: A Yogi's Perspective

[Sharon A. Kattke]

The following is an excerpt from the teaching of Paramahansa Yogananda on diet and healing: "One point that should be explained is the relationship between food and health. If the stimulation of life energy alone is responsible for man's life and well-being, why is food so important? The answer is that all cells, including those in the food that we eat, have latent intelligence, and can influence our minds and brain cells. For persons who can assimilate them without difficulty, natural foods such as raw fruit, vegetables, and nuts have a harmonious and strengthening effect on the mind, and permit the life energy to flow unimpeded through the body. Foods such as meat, which retain the vibrations of pain, fear, and anger of the dying animal, and denatured foods, which have had their natural properties destroyed through improper methods of cooking, are irritating and disturbing to the equilibrium of the mind and rob it of it's birthright: the power to awaken and direct the life energy to heal any part of the body. Whereas, food itself cannot heal, natural foods indirectly produce energy to proceed unobstructed. Unnatural, improperly prepared and gross foods have the opposite effect."

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