The proper food is good company, spiritual literature, and selfless service to others. This state is accessed by meditation, reflection, and giving it proper food.
Wisdom is the beginning of contact with transcendence. For what happens to the physical body does not change the state of wisdom. This body knows it is not the physical food body therefore, one established in this awareness is indifferent to what happens to the body. This is generated by a naturally-arising state of detachment from the grosser bodies.
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It is awareness that is free of self-centeredness. This body is made of transcendent thoughts. The fourth body literally means, “the body sheath made of wisdom, which is an illusion”. Mantras given properly as a meal prepared lovingly will plug the mind into a higher and more creative mind, which thinks of the welfare of others. Mantra literally means “the word which when contemplated transforms the mind”.
Mantra can transform the mind to a higher level of perception and cognition. From this, more positivity is generated and the mind refreshes itself. When thoughts are beneficial, the mind is content and at peace. This body is made up of the refinements produced from the first two bodies as well as its own capacity to generate positive uplifting thoughts. The third body literally means, the “body sheath made of thought, which is an illusion”. With negative input – violent movies, stale odours, and chemical food – there is less vitality available to be converted to prana. The energies withdraw from the outer world and become replenished provided they can assimilate the sensory input provided. When we are not interested, repulsed or fall asleep, the chakra’s activity slows down or stops. From this stimuli, the chakras become open and functional. When we are fed beautiful sense impressions – art, nature, live vibrant colorful aromatic food – they can be converted into the”prana” which keeps the body healthy. Hence these vortices and channels are always active during our waking state seeking sensory and emotional stimulation. The energy flowing through these channels is sensory input from the five gross senses and the subtler senses associated with the mind. The subtle body is composed of our senses and emotional states. The word chakra means wheel, implying an ever-spinning centre of activity. This subtle body’s anatomy is made of energy channels called nadis, which terminate in spinning energy centres called chakras. The second body, which is hidden by a second sheath literally means, the “body sheath made of Prana which is an illusion”. When we eat overcooked food, stale food, or even animals the food body then becomes de-vitalized and has difficulty refining the food into a quality necessary to be converted into the needs of the second body. Eating fresh food prepared immediately before eating results in increased vitality available to nurture this “food body”. This is one reason why fresh and seasonal food such as fruits and vegetables are recommended as a yogic diet. If the quality of food is high, the illusory nature of the body is more readily perceived. The physical is created and sustained by food. The first yoga body, Annamaya Kosha, literally means “body sheath made of food, which is an illusion”. Hidden from our perception because of the five sheaths which enclose it. It is said there, that our true nature is This knowledge is taken from Taittiriya Upanishad.
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