(continuing from Part 2)
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Dear friends,
The machines and inventions we see in Man's mechanical
world are countless in number but it is very
significant to see that they do not all run on a
single kind of fuel.
Simple machines like kitchen stoves or petromax
lanterns can run on the crudest of fuel even -- like
kerosene or paraffin. Motor-cars however need
processed fuel like hi-octane gasoline, while
heavy-duty trailer-trucks with big engines, and
massive sea-going ships with giant turbines powering
them, all need superior grade diesel. Supersonic
air-craft are the ultimate in mechanical
sophistication. They can run on nothing but the most
refined of fuels called "aviation-grade" fuel.
Hence, we must appreciate how different classes of
machines, depending upon how sophisticated, advanced
or superior they are in design, construction or
functioning, require entirely different types of
fuels. There is only one fuel-type most appropriate
for the functioning of every machine in the world. If
a machine must function as it must, efficiently and
purposefully, then it has to be fed exactly the type
of fuel it deserves -- no less, no more. An F-16
fighter-jet can run on kerosene no more than a woman's
hair-dryer can run on nuclear-power.
Now, as with machines so is it with humans, says the
Bhagavath-Gita. Every man must consume the food most
appropriate to his inner nature ("gUNa"). The type and
quality of Food he consumes generates for Man the
"energy" ("prANa") of requisite intensity which in
turn enables him to function best in life. But then it
is Man alone who can and must take full responsibility
for the quality of Food he consumes. It is a very
grave responsibility of life and in the Vedantic
"mArga", or way of life, it is called "anna shuddhi".
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(to be continued)
Rgds,
dAsan,
Sudarshan
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