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Earth Therapy
The second step and element of Pancha Bhoota is the Earth
Element or the food aspect. The most important constituent of our body (73%)
is water and rest is solid matter or the Earth element. In this
second step we will discuss the purification of the mind and body
using the earth or food element.
"Thou shalt not abuse Food!" (Annam na nindhyAth)
"Thou shalt not discard Food!" (Annam na pari-chaksheeta)
"Thou shalt grow Food in abundance!" (Annam bahu kurveeta)
Taittiriya Upanishad: "Brghuvalli
Food
Abuse: The Primary Cause of all Disease
A knife can be used either to kill a man or to cut fruits and
feed the same man. Similarly, abuse of food can cause disease and non abuse
can prevent
disease. We grow food in amounts more than we need so we indulge in
overeating thereby depleting the Earth of its energy resources.
Most of the diseases known to man are directly
or indirectly
caused by the food he eats. Health and disease are equally affected by food. Food
taken in balanced amounts
influences the health of the body. There is no good and bad food; all depends
on the quantity and quality eaten at a given time. Food eaten moderately
and nutritiously is healthy. Unbalanced and un-natural foods only cause
diseases. Thus, you can eat to live a healthy life or to die unhealthy.
You can thus use the sword to protect you or point against you. THERE
LIES YOUR CHOICE!
The human body is a bag of chemicals where millions of chemical
reactions run the "great show". The nature of the reactions and the
outcome is dependant on the materials that flow into the human bag. Thus
food decides the functioning of the human body.
Please
click here to read about Diet.
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