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It is true that excessive eating creates tamas guṇa and tiredness. For meditation, for prāṇāyāma, for āsanas, for our camp, and for this sādhana, it is truly very important that the stomach is a little light, not overfilled. We really need to make our stomachs a bit lighter for this camp life we are living here. The way of life we lead in this camp is not conducive if we have a full stomach. However, some people are always hungry; it doesn't matter how much they eat. This is very good. There are two principles: one is the consumer, and the other is the manufacturer. So, someone is like a manufacturer—you eat little, but your body grows bigger and bigger all the time. And a consumer is one who eats and eats, and you don't know where it goes. The tip of the tongue is connected to your Mūlādhāra and Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra. The nose is connected to the Mūlādhāra, and the tongue is connected to the Svādhiṣṭhāna. The Mūlādhāra is the earth element, and smell is its object. The tongue is for tasting—taste, desire, passion. Both of these are very active in us: the Mūlādhāra and the Svādhiṣṭhāna. So, your nose and your tongue. For example, when flying just from Budapest to Hamburg—a flight of only two hours—if you don't get proper food, you become so angry. "I ordered my vegetarian food, I ordered my salami, I ordered this, why not this?" Such tension we create. This means we are not able to last for two hours. On an aeroplane, or on holidays, or somewhere, when a good meal is had, we think, "Oh, it was wonderful." This is our weakness. This characteristic belongs only to humans. Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer seminar