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Soul Sustenance 19-04-2013
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Pure Cooking
A significant part of our lifestyle is to consider the quality of our thoughts required
while making food. Living in a family may make it more difficult to have that quiet
and ordered state of mind while cooking. Also, children, friends, husbands and wives
have the habit of coming into the kitchen while you are cooking. So, see if you
can re-organize your timetable so you can cook at a time when they are busy, and
then you can properly concentrate on giving pure vibrations to the food. It also
helps if you play some gentle, soothing music which reminds you of the Supreme Soul
or God while you are cooking. Even better sit in meditation for 4-5 minutes in the
kitchen before starting to cook.
If you think of yourself while you are cooking then there will be a vibration of
greed created. If you think of others while you are cooking there will be a vibration
of attachment created. Think about the Supreme and there will be that feeling of
deep love and freedom (liberation).
Physical cleanliness before cooking is important. Walking off the market or crowded
roads, into the kitchen and cooking can affect the vibrations of the food. Washing,
changing and meditating is a good start for preparation of satwic food. The ideal
time for cooking is in the morning, the mind is quiet and if one has read a short
paragraph of spiritual knowledge sometime after getting up, the mind is filled with
new gems of spiritual knowledge, free of waste thoughts.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 19-04-2013
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Where the intellect is free from assumptions the right decisions are made.
Projection: As soon as we are faced with a situation we correlate it to some
previous incident and assume based on our past experiences either with the situations
or with the people involved. Such assumptions sometimes lead us to wrong decisions.
Solution: The solution lies in detaching ourselves from our past experiences.
Of course we have to learn from the experiences of our past, but we also need to
be open to look at the situation in a new way. Such detachment will enable us to
make the right decisions.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris