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Soul Sustenance 14-07-2013
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Cooking And Eating With A Spiritual Touch (cont.)
Having prepared food with attention (which we have explained over the last two days),
the Brahma Kumaris' practice is then to offer the freshly-prepared meal to the Supreme
Soul. We call it offering bhog (or commonly called prasad) to the Supreme Father.
As a part of this practice, positive energy or vibrations of love, bliss and peace
taken from the Supreme via meditation for 5-10 minutes, is given to the food prepared,
by keeping a small portion of the food in a clean vessel kept aside for this purpose
only, on a table in front of you. This practice can be followed every day for one
main meal at least, or more, depending on how much time you have at hand. It is
good to do this exercise in a special corner in the house or even a separate small
room kept aside for the purpose of meditation or basically a place where the atmosphere
is spiritually empowering as compared to the rest of the house. Charging the food
with positive spiritual energy and expressing gratitude to the Supreme in this way
serves to increase the spiritual quality of the food and deepen the individual's
personal relationship with the Supreme, while also creating a powerful, shared divine
experience. On a very practical level, it will also help the body to prepare itself
to receive and digest food. Of course, the last step is to eat, and this, too, is
best done in a peaceful, unhurried and harmonious state of mind and environment:
we are what we eat and also how we eat. It’s good to avoid eating along with the
television or newspaper. Eating with the family in a positive setting is a good
practice. But talking excessively and sharing negative information at that time
with each other should be avoided. Talking quite less, talking very slowly, softly
and sweetly and talking about positive and constructive aspects of life, with the
rest of the family members, should be the norm for meal eating time.
Whether you are a new, aspiring or trained cook, we hope that the information in
this and the last two days’ messages, with its emphasis on the soul as well as the
body, will bring an added dimension to your kitchen and dining table. Cooking, and
eating, should be a joyful and significant experience. So cook and enjoy!
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Message for the day 14-07-2013
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Where everything is done according to the right method there is success.
Projection: When we don't achieve success we sometimes do get tempted to
opt for a short cut method, which might bring us temporary success, too. But in
the long run we find that it isn't be so beneficial after all.
Solution: Whenever we are involved in a task specially if it is a difficult
one we need to make sure that we are following the right method. Whatever is done
according to the right system will surely be successful.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris