Simplicity of food

FROM SK:

Dandout Bhandana To One & All,
 
 One of the precepts on  the path to Sainthood is simplicity. This  concept of simplicity is what we are all striving to attain and apply in our daily lives. Decluttering our lives of illusion and out dated concepts and paradigms which hinder our evolution, and create confusion for us. If you are an individual who choose's to eat meat then eat it accept it, enjoy and be grateful for it as it is offering sustenance to the body temple. However, do not be attached to it. If you are an individual who chooses to refrain from this food group then again that is an individual choice based on personal preference.
 
Surely, it is more important of what comes out of our mouths rather than what we put in it. Baba Ji has clearly explained to the sangat that the deeds/actions of the individual are what counts. Therefore, If one choose's to eat meat or not is rather insignificant in the bigger picture.
 
SATNAAM = SIMPLICITY
 
 
 
Dandout

SK.

 

REPLY FROM HARJIT:

satnaam bhenjee,
dandauth bandhana ji
thankyou for taking time to share your thoughts.
 
You are right Satnaam=Simplicity.
 
Baba Ji said that too, "Maya is complexity , God is simplicity."
 
There are two types of simplicity, simple as in ignorant, and simple as in God.
 
The first type is like we say "he is a simpleton".  Meaning dumb, ignorant, stupid.  This kind of simplicity is
due to lack of knowledge and application of that knowledge.  So when I was simple minded I ate anything and everything that came my way, my only guide was the tastes of my tongue, what I preferred and what i didn't.  As a simple child this means i will eat sweets crisps and chocolates, avoid greens and fruit.  
 
Then what happens is that what i put in my mouth IS AS IMPORTANT as what comes out of it.  Because this body is also a field on which we reap our karma.  So being simple ignorant child lacking knowledge and a way to discriminate between what is good food and bad food, I will reap rotting teeth, bad skin, poor health.
 
Then I find that pain is the remedy.   And Baba Ji says that "each pain that i undergo is for me to ask why? And the journey of my soul begins."
 
So I ask why I have bad health, bad skin and bad teeth?   Then I meet the Doctors, read the books, talk to others who have been through the same.  But i get confused because there are so many people with so many experiences.   That is now going through the realm of complexity.  Why does it lead to confusion?  Because still I do not have a way to discriminate between what is true and what is false. 
 
So next  I look for some tools to be able to discriminate.  The tools we have
 
-are our experiences eg we know how our body reacts to differenct foods by trying them.  We also know what
-the greatest tool is science - which is a systematic and logical way to find out the Truth of the physical world and foods and body.
-we have spiritual teachings as well.
 
 
With these tools we can discard the false and discern the Truth of food and its effect on our body.  We understand the body is a system.  It has inputs, and outputs and processes in between.  We master this body system.  We are no longer a simple ignorant person mislead by the false tool of the tastes of the tongue, we are no longer in the realm of complexity and confusion of so many opinions.  Now and only now can we enter into the second and highest type of simplicity : the realm of Satnaam Simplicity. 
Now our diet is simple, nutritious, functional and what we put into our mouth we reap as good health, good skin and good teeth.
 
dust of your feet
 
Harjit