I have heard this quote from The Upanishads, India's Holy Book. I came across this story and it really made me think...Many of us have heard that when you eat meat of animals from factory farms for example, the fear/anger/vibrations/chemicals/hormones etc. that are put in their bodies, especially when they are being killed goes in to their blood/flesh, and when you eat it you take that vibration/feeling into your body (holy temple). Well this story takes it a step further and made me think about thoughts/vibrations going into food. We all know that Mom's food tastes better, some say it is because of the love she puts into it while making it. We know that plants, children, animals grow faster and more healthy when they are praised and given love, this has been scientifically proven. Thoughts/vibrations are transferred to the person/plant/animal and they are influenced by these for better or for worse. Anyhow, here is the story, I got it from the following website:
https://taysp.com/the-subtle-energy-of-your-food-becomes-your-mind/
How subtly the food works can be seen in the following story:
“A Yogi lived in a little hut outside a village and each day the villagers provided him with a meal. In the village lived a thief who also wanted to gain the blessings of the Yogi, so one day he went and offered the Yogi a meal. But the Yogi refused to accept anything from him. Hurt, the thief left and changed his plan. He then instructed the owner of a café to prepare and deliver a midday meal to the Yogi, for which he paid. The owner carried out the instructions and the Yogi ate the meal not suspecting that the thief had paid for it.
During his evening meditation a very peculiar thought suddenly arose in the mind of the Yogi. He had a compulsive desire to acquire the gold statue of Krishna from the temple. The longing for it was so strong that in the middle of the night he crept into the temple and stole the statue of Lord Krishna. But he was observed by the guard who immediately ran into the village and sounded the alarm.
The Yogi ran as quickly as he could down towards the river with the golden Krishna under his arm. He jumped into the water – and then abruptly stopped. The cold water had brought clarity to his confused thoughts and he became conscious of just what he had done, and of the awkward situation he now found himself in as the villagers approached him shouting angrily.
With great presence of mind the Yogi decided on a ruse. He acted as though he were performing a Pūjā . As his pursuers approached they saw what appeared to be a ritual bathing of the form of Krishna with the Yogi chanting Mantras. This calmed them down and afterwards they returned with the Yogi to re-instal the statue in its rightful place.
It was completely incomprehensible to the Yogi how his mind was able to have become so confused. Then it occurred to him to ask the man who had brought him his last meal. He called him and questioned him about where the food had come from. This person then admitted that the thief was the true donor of the meal. Now the Yogi was clear about where the desire to steal had come from. The vibrations of the thoughts of the thief were in the food and it was in this way that they had been transmitted to him.”
“The subtle energy of your food becomes your mind.” The Upanishads
Peace from Hanoi,
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