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Soul Sustenance 12-07-2013
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Cooking And Eating With A Spiritual Touch
Nowadays, we are continuously bombarded with details about the physical aspects
of what we eat and the effects that different ingredients may or may not have on
us, and naturally this is important. But in this heap of information, we tend to
overlook one crucial factor: the consciousness (state of mind) of the person cooking
and the effect that this will have upon the food, and thus also on those who eat
it. A cook not only prepares food in a physical place, but also in a spiritual or
inner space. And just as the physical surroundings are best kept clean and in order,
so should be the state of mind of those in the kitchen. A simple and familiar example
of this concept at work can be seen in the way that home cooking, especially that
of one’s mother, holds a special place in our hearts. The love and care with which
it is prepared sometimes gives us more joy than perhaps food eaten in a restaurant
setting where food may be prepared with greater cooking and technical skills but
where negative emotions related like anxiety, arrogance, stress, and greed (in the
business like restaurant environment) may affect the energy of the food cooked over
there, on a subtle or vibrational (non-physical) level.
(To be continued tomorrow …)
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Message for the day 12-07-2013
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The one who is detached is the one who is happy.
Projection: When difficult situations come our way we tend to overreact because
of our attachment and expectations. Because of this we experience much more unhappiness
than what the situation actually holds. The understanding lacks that it is not the
situation, but our own thoughts that are giving us sorrow.
Solution: We need to look at the situation just as we would watch it happen
to someone else - with detachment. When we learn to detach ourselves from the situation
in this way and see what it holds for us, we will not experience unhappiness but
will be able to remain happy under all circumstances.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris