Message #24008

[Jitendra Hy-do-u-no-us?]

Lesson 83 in review.

Since the foods one eats contains the building material of the body, and the condition of the body influences the disposition to a great extent, it stands to reason that the mind should take command and use discrimination in the selection of food.

As it is important to introduce the right food into the system so it is of equal importance to awaken the vital forces by proper exercise in order to develop the powers of digestion, assimilation, elimination, and all the steps in the process of converting the food into usable energy for the well-being of body and mind.

You understand the importance of making plaster for a house of the right ingredients, or of not omitting any of the ingredients in making a cake. If you forget to put some of the right materials in the cake you will find there is something wrong with the cake and so it is with the human body. Sixteen elements are necessary ingredients in good body-building. If any of them are omitted, there result  bodily defects which are called disease. So you see, it is up to you to see that you build your body of the correct materials including all of the necessary elements. All the proper food materials can be classified under the following: minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, fats.

Individuals differ in their needs as regards amount and proportion of these classes of foods. Occupational activity is one factor. The need of strengthening certain faculties and organs and body parts is another consideration. So it takes study of foods and study of your needs, in order to select your food properly.

Give attention to this lesson and note the corrections you should make in your own diet then start right away to do something about it. Practice the stomach exercise to stimulate and improve digestion.

It must be remembered that the lessons on vitalopathy are given to help you awaken the life force in each organ. You are not the body, not the breath, not the mind. You are the life of all beneath and permeating all; That in which everything in the universe has its being. Spirit alone, with its ever new joy has expressed itself into a vast body of nature. P.Y.