Healthy Life Tips!

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Healthy Life Tips!

 

Food is essential for everyone in the world. Among the necessities of life

food comes first. But Man cannot be satisfied with food alone. A full

stomach does not fully satisfy the mind. He cannot merely rest on a

satisfied appetite.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Discourse on (May 30, 1991)

 

The food that we eat contains many metals like gold, copper,

iron, etc. Iron content is more in leafy vegetables. Our food is

responsible for the formation of lakhs of cells which constitute

human body. So it is food that developes and strengths our body

Take care that the food you eat helps you to maintain good health.

Do not consume stale food. It is like poison.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Discourse on (13th October 2002)

 

Since ancient times, Bharatiyas adhered to such sacred

traditions implicitly. People decorate their houses with

buntings of green leaves on festival days. Big pandals

of mango leaves and plantain leaves are erected at the time

of marriages. Green leaves are given place of prominence

in such decorations. What is so special about them?

 

Cant we have a shamiana instead? No, that is not in

accordance with our ancient tradition. What is the logic

behind this tradition?

 

As you are aware, we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

which pollutes the atmosphere. At the time of marriages, many

people gather at one place. As a result, more and more carbon

dioxide is released into the air and the atmosphere gets polluted.

The green leaves of the pandal inhale the carbon dioxide and

release oxygen and thus purify the atmosphere. In this manner,

they bestow health and happiness on us. Thus, every tradition

of Bharat has a profound inner meaning.

 

In villages, people sprinkle cow dung mixed with water in front of

their homes. It is considered to be auspicious. What is the reason?

Cow dung destroys disease-causing germs and thus helps maintain

good health. It can cure many diseases. Today people of other countries have

recognised this truth and are taking full advantage of it. But the Bharatiyas

are not making efforts in this direction.

 

In earlier days, cow dung was used as a remedy for wounds. People used to

bandage the wound with cow dung. In modern times, people have a wrong notion

that the wound becomes septic if cow dung is bandaged over it. It may become

gangrain also, they argue. It is a baseless argument. If cow dung is applied,

the wound will be healed in three days. The cow dung has such sacred power.

 

Even the cow urine has medicinal properties. It is mixed in water and sprinkled

on people infected with the pox. But, the modern trend is against such natural

remedies, which are in fact, beneficial to one and all.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Discourse on 15th April. 2003

 

Strive to attain purity of heart. Let this be your foremost endeavour. With

purity of heart, you can achieve anything.

 

In order to attain purity of heart, you have to partake of sacred food. One who

cooks food should have sacred feelings. In olden days,

orthodox Brahmins used to insist on partaking of food prepared by

their wives only. The reason being, housewives wish for the well-being of the

entire family and prepare food. On the other hand, if you employ cooks, God

knows with what feelings they prepare the food! The unsacred thoughts of the

cook enter the food, which in turn poisons your mind. Annam Brahma (food is

God). Hence, it should be prepared with sacred feelings. Mere physical

cleanliness will not suffice, the mind also should be pure.

 

 

You should see to it that the vegetables used for preparing food are procured in

a righteous manner. For example, husband brings vegetables from the market. He

might have misused his position of authority and brought them without making

payment or the vendors themselves might have procured the vegetables by unfair

means. When such vegetables are consumed, your mind gets polluted. You do not

realise that the food you eat is responsible for the actions you perform.

Unsacred food makes you do unsacred deeds.

 

A car needs petrol to run. In the same way, the body requires food to sustain

it. So, one has to eat something or the other to sustain the body. Sometimes,

you get bad dreams and bad visions during meditation. This is the result of

unsacred food. You have to enquire before cooking whether the provisions are got

through sacred means. Only then the food becomes fit for consumption.

 

Before partaking of food, you should pray,

 

Brahmarpanam Brahma Havir

Brahmagnou Brahmanahutam

Brahmaiva Thena Ganthavyam

Brahma Karma Samadhina.

 

If you pray with sacred feelings, the food gets sanctified.

Before partaking of food, chant the sacred Mantra. Then

no unsacredness would enter your heart.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Discourse on 23rd Nov. 2002

 

Food Habits

 

On Vinayaka Chaturthi day (Lord Ganesh day), people make Kudumulu and Undrallu

as special dishes and offer them to Lord Vinayaka. They are special and unique

in the sense that they are cooked on steam without any oil content. Til seeds,

rice flour and jaggery are mixed, made into balls, cooked in steam and offered

to Vinayaka. You should enquire into the purpose of making such an offering.

 

Till seeds are good for the eyes.

 

Steam-cooked preparations without any oil content are good for your digestive

system. One who partakes of such food will be free from blood pressure and blood

sugar and will always enjoy sound health and happiness.

 

Food preparations, which are cooked on fire with oil content, are harmful to

Jatharagni (digestive fire). Such food gives rise to various diseases.

 

One can lead a long, happy and healthy life, if one avoids food with oil

content. Vinayaka has a pot-belly but he has perfect health as he partakes of

steam-cooked food without oil content.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Source: From VINAYAKA CHATURTHI Discourse (12th September 2002)

 

Food Habits

 

Excessive intake of food results in obesity and, consequently,

 

Heart will be subjected to greater strain to pump blood.

 

Blood travels a distance of 12,000 miles in the body with each heartbeat

 

With increase in obesity, the circulation of blood and hence the functioning of

heart will be impaired.

 

Hence, one should exercise control over one's food habits. In fact that is what

Vinayaka does.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Source: From VINAYAKA CHATURTHI Discourse (12th September 2002)

 

Today, a sixteen-year-old boy looks like a sixty-year-old man!

Bad habits are the main reason for this premature ageing.

In the first instance, as soon as you arise form bed,

brush your teeth well and clean your tongue.

The mouth is the main entry point to the entire body.

There is always the danger of germs entering the body

from an unclean mouth.

 

Maintaining such good health was common in ancient India.

Bheeshma was 115 years old when he assumed the command of the Kaurava army!

Bheeshma, Arjuna, and Krishna all had healthy,

active and strong bodies and hence were always happy. They were those men and

women who set ideals to the society. Their good

health was caused by correct diet and sleep at the right time

and in right quantity.

 

Some helpful hints to maintain good health would be:

Wake up at the crack of dawn, when the cock crows;

Finish your ablutions and bath;

Never move about in slushy areas and places where garbage is dumped;

Participate in games and sports with Joy.

 

Today, people get up at 8/9 AM! This is because the entire night is wasted away

in watching TV,listening to the radio or online chatting

with somebody.

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Discourse on 27th May 2002