Do our own preferences colour our perception in healing?

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On 5-Jul-06, at 7:40 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> Re: Do our own preferences colour our perception in healing?

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> Posted by: "Yashendra Prasad" yashendra2 yashendra2

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> Tue Jul 4, 2006 10:28 pm (PST)

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> Dear Shri Jagannath,

>

> I beg to differ with ur view that : " We cannot advocate a sattvic

> diet to an armyman or a tamasic diet to a priest, no matter what

> the exigencies."

>

> Ayurveda or the Vedic ideology states that every individual is an

> universe in himself, a replica of the entire creation. To ignore a

> single individual's well being is to neglect everyone's well-being.

> Why should an armyman

> eat tamasik food and block his Being & Becoming ? His life &

> growth ? His all round development ? And how can the country be

> served when the individuals' well being is not achieved ?????????

> To fight a war, and to be successful in battles one does not need

> to consume non-veg food ( Tamasik). At least the Indians here in

> the group are aware of their history. Buddha himself was the most

> powerful warrior of his times.

 

buddha was a warrior? what army did he lead? what enemy did he slay?

and i don't mean figuratively

lord buddha was a true brahmin, despite his kshatriya origins

and despite your argument, lord buddha ate non-veg food because he

was dependent upon the alms that were given to him

while he practiced ahimsa he himself ate non-veg food and apparently

it did not make him more tamasic

 

>

> Tamasik food is required by those who have become depended upon

> them. Like the Europeans. They are genetically conditioned to

> that. .......... Not the Indians.......... Still, all human beings

> of this earth need to consume only Satvik food if they want

> complete well-being.

 

all humans are genetically conditioned to eating meat because we

evolved as hunter gatherers

agriculturalism is an relatively recent human evolution, only about

10,000 years old

your idea of what makes a "complete human being" is prejudiced and i

can see how some people might find it offensive

 

>

> Except in exigencies. E.g. I am stuck in such a place or situation

> where I have to choose between death & Tamasik food. Then, whether

> a priest or armyman, he can consume anything. Because, the first &

> foremost

> thing is our existence (Being). That must be saved. Becoming

> ( growth) can follow later....And, for 'Becoming' ( growth) Satvik

> food is essential.

 

HH the Dalai Lama eats meat, despite his desire to be a vegetarian,

because without it he becomes sick

perhaps you believe he is a tamasic fellow, but i know some that

might object to this statement - as per my statement above, there is

no evidence that eating meat makes you tamasic

 

>

> True, a conditioned person cannot give up tamasik food in a one go.

> He will take a long time, maybe many lives !!

> But there is no way except Satvik food. Nature doesn't care what we

> like or how we r conditioned. None can escape its laws. Ignorance

> or inability is no excuse.

 

the most natural people in the world, those who live closest to

nature, not in cities or big villages but follow a way of life that

existed for all humanity for the vast majority of our development

invariably eat some meat, as well as a myriad of other foods that

civilized people don't have the palate for, including many different

kinds of plants, fungi and even some insects

 

some of these natural, traditional peoples believe that to break

ground and plant a seed is a great violation of nature - i guess it

all depends on your perspective, as Jagannath correctly stated

 

best... todd

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