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You will be according to what you eat

The test of nourishment extends beyond food to all you have received. What you consume shapes your being. True nourishment is judged by the eyes, the heart, the taste, and its digestion. Eat less to truly savor and ease the stomach's work. The body is a mystery; we do not even know our own skin. Many yogis advise: eat less, drink as needed, and meditate more. Modern habits of inactivity and overeating weaken our digestion. Respect the purity of your food and those who prepare it. The essence, ān, is the divine seed within all nourishment, carrying the prāṇa of life. Your habits, formed from what you consume, determine your state. Control these habits from the beginning for a harmonious life.

"Eat less, drink as it is needed, and meditate more."

"What you will eat, like that you will be."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Now you have received a great deal: spiritual atmosphere, practice, meditations, concentrations, prayers, bhajans, and satsaṅgs. Perhaps you did not fully understand what you have received; that is why I am explaining it to you. It was very nice yesterday. What was it? Eating halušky. Did you like the good halušky? Yes, very good. Halouška is very good. Someone told me that one night, he—though he was a minister—entered a cooking competition for halušky. It was in a very good place, where our Madhuram is, in Slovenia there... Slovakia, Slovakia. Somewhere near Banská Bystrica, there was a competition: who would make the best halušky? And he was the winner. That is one way of testing. But you know there are two or three kinds of tests. Some are a little hard, and some are soft. But what is the test in that? That is important. Of course, if someone has a stomach that is not good, they will say it was not good. If everyone says it is good and one or two say it is not so good, then they remain here, stay here, and we will make it again. That time you will see what it is, how it is. This, what is the holy? This, what is that? No, no... this one, halušky. It is also in Austria, and they are like this. A little different, but it is morning; this is morning. When I go to other parts of Austria, they give a very nice one, it is like the ho-ho. So there are three things: what is with the eyes, then the heart or softness, and then the taste. Digestion. These are the four points in food. And the fifth is: is there a little more, please? Every country has its good taste, and it is a habit. Every country has... Because now I am already 151 years old, I have had so many tests, also in Africa, in China, in Australia, and many other countries, and here also. So if our stomach says it was good, the less we eat, that is a test. Eating too much, then the test is not good because the stomach says it is not good. Bhojan, you know we are talking about bhojan. And we said here, "food." And the food, there is a name. How is that? What do we call it here when there are different kinds of food on the table? Menu. Menu in French. In the French language. Menu. But anyhow. If you want to enjoy the taste, then take less in the mouth and chew or eat more in the mouth, so that the tongue, and the whole body and whole mouth, experience the taste. And then it goes into the stomach. The stomach says, "Thank you very much. I have not worked too hard." There are so many workers in the stomach. How many kinds of things do we have? How much chili, and how much, like, lemon? Very sweet. Everything we put in our stomach automatically goes; people are already there. They put this side, they put that side. They have insight into what they are getting, and then—as I am not a doctor—but I think that in each part of the body, and then the blood and the rasa (juice), many, many things come to the body. If there is very good medicine in the stomach, it is very good. And if it is something different, it will die. Our body, we do not know. We do not even know our skin. And you know, good feelings, good tasting is on the skin. And the skin is covering everything. Because when the food is gone into your stomach, I do not think that you will eat more anymore. When the doctor opens the stomach, what is that? I do not think that we will eat for many days. So doctors are very good, because they have seen more and more and more, so they know how it is. We see it, wow, when we are eating and we are vomiting, then, oh my God. But who has done this? We have done it. And so, what we eat, what we do, and then hiding this food is not good. So many, many... That is why many yogīs, many, many, they said: eat less, drink as it is needed, and meditate more. So it is that we need when we are very active, working, we should have it. But many people, they are at home, cooking, eating, going to work, sitting at the tables, or this. What is that? For breakfast, they do not want to eat, only coffee and coffee and coffee, and bite something, and then come evening late and then eat a lot. So, our habit of eating in these last years, we lost it. In the little villages, or the farmers, people, farmers, they are working very hard, and they can digest. And our digestion is very good, but it is relaxed. We feed and sit. So we feed and sit, then comes outside, a friend. So it is very good when you sit on the table, chair and table. And we are writing something on the table and listening to everything. So the spine, our spine says, "Do not bow always down." So what to do? So the stomach comes outside. So he or she comes to the table, cannot come, no, close. So then it writes like this, so it is all, is not good. That is why yoga is very important, and we have to practice at least two hours. Eat more, digest more, and practice more. Then, a healthy life. So, what you have learned now in these five, six, seven days, it was very good, and you were sitting there, practiced very good, and we gave the food, very nice food, which is healthy. But if we are 100 people or 500 people here, we should know that a cook, how is their cooking and how hard they are working, and how they are cleaning well. So, we have to respect, and we should be happy and thankful to that cook. Yes, because they are very clean and good. Otherwise, you know, one little frog can jump into your vegetable. Then the Chinese will be happy, oh! So, all our kitchen is very pure, clean, very nice. But many people have animals, and they are eating everything with them. That is not good. A dog is a dog, but do not let it lick the tongue of your face. It is not good. Well, there are many, many things. So, jeṣā kai an, pesa rei man—this is a way of saying it. Zou kai an. Ān means our food. Good food. I am happy, I am peaceful, and very good. So kāi ān, re man—your mind, our mind will be happy when we eat the vegetables. An means the seeds, wheat, corn, etc. So, an, that is an. Food and an are different. Food is fruits, vegetables, halušky, and many things, but that is not that. An is only the seeds, and that we need, the seed. And the seed is in our life, our food. And seeds are our life’s food. The essence of our life, that is the divine food. God is An. Because in An is God. In that An, you also are. So that prāṇa comes to our body. And what kind of prāṇa we have, we do not know. But how will it again come in? How can we digest it? And this digest, I do not know which kind of digest will go in the body. So what was that? In this one, ān, and the other, what was this? Like meat, eggs, fish, fruits, etc. And an is only, the an is only that which is very pure. And this an, the seed in us, and which kind of seed comes in, in the father’s body? In that, everything goes and goes, the feelings, and like the father or the mother, in the body, what it is, they will be exactly like how was this girl or how was this boy. And that seed in the mother’s body, she is a beautiful child, girls or this mother. These girls and her mother’s body is everything exactly. If there is something different in the food, or maybe that comes a little bit different in the body, and so is the father, so all is in the father’s seeds, so what they eat, how they feel, everything, but that one seed—that makes everything. So this is how what you are eating, like, you will feel. So, for the humans, because humans we know, and we should take as we like, and it will be like that. So, animals, there are different kinds of animals. When the stomach is full, then they sit or they walk and go. They do not eat constantly like a goat, going to the palm all the time. So there are different kinds of nourishment. So the other one is that our, what we see here and is with us, atmosphere, so that is very important, that is how we will eat. So this is like a little poem. So it depends on everyone. And you are all very good. Your fathers, your mothers, your water, which kind of water you drink, that type first time. That is okay, but one human body is a human body. But the human body is the human body, and the dog is the dog. Yes, it is one of the dogs, coming slowly, slowly, all the way to the lion. There are many different kinds of animals, but they are alike in one line. And so are all the goats, how many, many, many different kinds. And horses, there are many different kinds of horses, including donkeys. And so we know, and we should, and we are happy that our mother, father is that, and we are like that. And I will be again like my father, mother. I want to be like this, this, and it will be further. It will be, then it will be harmonious in the human’s life. So, what you learn is a good learning. If you learn something different, it is different. So, what you will eat, like that you will be. And there is this, called a habit. And this habit, it can be many different. So now many who are drinking alcohol, alcohol is very nice. It was when Shiva said to take it out from the ocean. And there came the alcohol, but this alcohol is not for drinking. But as a medicine, you know, they are making so much alcohol. It was in hospitals. Alcohol is very important. But now people are drinking, and while drinking, drinking... so many people are suffering. So it is very important that we should drink and we should eat. Water we can drink, milk we can drink, and the juice from the fruits we can drink, but when this goes from the wine to coming slowly, slowly alcohol inside, then it is dead. When the husband and wife are married, they are very nice. They like each other very much, but slowly, slowly, which habit comes, and then he is angry with his wife, and the wife is angry with her husband and God. It depends. If the husband is strong, then the wife will be relaxed and very good. But when she will again attack, then the husband will be like, you know that many times husband and wife are sitting in one car, and one always says, "Take care, look forward, look at this." So I think the driver said, "Next time I will make him a wall, a wall." So that time is coming, alcohol. So it is very, very difficult in that condition. But husband and wife, they are very harmonious and very good. This is one of the best lives in the world. God has given this male and female. Otherwise, you know, they will go away. Children are lost, this and that. So the habit, and this habit in the beginning we should control. There are many things, but now it is time. Many have their car back, and they have children, or the parents or husbands are waiting for you. I wish you a good journey. Please take care, drive peacefully. Do not talk too much, but Swāmījī said in the car. I told you, but you should keep yourself in very harmony and peace, and for your whole family. And welcome again to here in Om Ashram. And our programs, it will come, Guru Pūrṇimā. And Guru Pūrṇimā is—I am this second Guru Pūrṇimā again here. Last year was, and this time also. Thank you. So we will be here, yes? Hari Om. Hari Om. Thank you very much! Adios!

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