The Chandogya upanishad says the pure food keeps the mind pure. this is explained by a simple experiment:
Food has a three fold form as coarse, middle and subtle portions:
Chandogya Upanishad states that the element Tejas when it is related to food takes the form of Oil Butter etc. The gross portion becomes bone. The middle portion becomes marrow and the subtle portion becomes speech. The mind is supported by food anna, prana vital air is held up with water speech is aided by Tejas.
Udalaka further says that when we eat food the mind is pleased. when water is consumed prana is pleased when tejas is absorbed speech is supported. this does not mean that the mind prana and speech are the products of anna food, Ap water and tejas. food is something that is pleasing to the mind.
To teach Svetaketu the importanco of food, Udalaka tels him to abstain from food for 15 days. At the end of the period he asks Svetaketu to recite the Vedas but Svetaketu says he is unable to recall anything. Udalka explains why it is so. The mind has 16 divisions and because of fasting 15 of them have been lost. He then asks Svetaketu to have some food. After Svetaketu has eaten, Udalaka asks him to recite the Vedas now Svetaketu is able to recollect them. Udalka explains that the one division of the mind that had remained had been rekindled by the food that svetaketu had eaten and that has made possible his recollection of the Vedas. This is the mind food connection.
Food has a three fold form as coarse, middle and subtle portions:
Chandogya Upanishad states that the element Tejas when it is related to food takes the form of Oil Butter etc. The gross portion becomes bone. The middle portion becomes marrow and the subtle portion becomes speech. The mind is supported by food anna, prana vital air is held up with water speech is aided by Tejas.
Udalaka further says that when we eat food the mind is pleased. when water is consumed prana is pleased when tejas is absorbed speech is supported. this does not mean that the mind prana and speech are the products of anna food, Ap water and tejas. food is something that is pleasing to the mind.
To teach Svetaketu the importanco of food, Udalaka tels him to abstain from food for 15 days. At the end of the period he asks Svetaketu to recite the Vedas but Svetaketu says he is unable to recall anything. Udalka explains why it is so. The mind has 16 divisions and because of fasting 15 of them have been lost. He then asks Svetaketu to have some food. After Svetaketu has eaten, Udalaka asks him to recite the Vedas now Svetaketu is able to recollect them. Udalka explains that the one division of the mind that had remained had been rekindled by the food that svetaketu had eaten and that has made possible his recollection of the Vedas. This is the mind food connection.
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