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.Aspirants should freely open their hearts to their Guru.They must be frank and candid.They should give up the self-assertive, Rajasic vehemence, vanity and arrogance, and carry outtheir master s instructions with Sraddha and Prem.Constant self-justification is a dangerous habitfor a Sadhaka.Energy is wasted in too much talking, unnecessary worry and vain fear.Gossiping andtall-talk should be given up entirely.A real Sadhaka is a man of few words, to the point and that tooon spiritual matters only.Sadhakas should always remain alone.Mouna is a great desideratum.Mixing with householders is highly dangerous for a Sadhaka.The company of a householder is farmore injurious than the company of a woman.Mind has the power to imitate.YOGIC DIETA Sadhaka should observe perfect discipline.He must be civil, polite, courteous, gentle,noble and gracious in his behaviour.He must have perseverance, adamantine will, asinine patienceand leech-like tenacity in Sadhana.He must be perfectly self-controlled, pure and devoted to theGuru.A glutton or one who is a slave of his senses with several bad habits, is unfit for the spiritualpath. Mitaharam vina yastu yogarambham tu karayet; Nanarogo bhavettasya kinchit yogo nasiddhyati Without observing moderation of diet, if one takes to the Yogic practices, he cannot obtainany benefit but gets various diseases (Ghe.Sam.V-16).Food plays a prominent place in Yoga-Sadhana.An aspirant should be very careful in theselection of articles of Sattvic nature especially in the beginning of his Sadhana period.Later onwhen Siddhi is attained, drastic dietetic restrictions can be removed.Purity of food leads to purity of mind.Sattvic food helps meditation.The discipline of foodis very very necessary for Yogic Sadhana.If the tongue is controlled, all the other Indriyas arecontrolled. Ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih, sattva-suddhau dhruva smritih; Smriti-lambhesarva-granthinam viprarnokshah By the purity of food follows the purification of the inner5KUNDALINI YOGAnature, by the purification of the nature, memory becomes firm and on strengthening the memory,follows the loosening of all ties and the wise get Moksha thereby.SATTVIC ARTICLESI will give you a list of Sattvic articles for a Sadhaka.Milk, red rice, barley, wheat,Havishannam, Charu, cream, cheese, butter, green dal (Moong dal), Badam (almonds), Misri(sugar-candy), Kismis (raisins), Kichidi, Pancha Shakha vegetables (Seendil, Chakravarty,Ponnan-gani, Chirukeerai and Vellaicharnai), Lowki vegetable, plantain-stem, Parwal, Bhindi(lady s finger), pomegranates, sweet oranges, grapes, apples, bananas, mangoes, dates, honey,dried ginger, black pepper, etc., are the Sattvic articles of diet prescribed for the Yoga Abhyasis.Charu: Boil half a seer of milk along with some boiled rice, ghee and sugar.This is anexcellent food for Yogins.This is for the day-time.For the night, half a seer of milk will do.Milk should not be too much boiled.It should be removed from the fire as soon as theboiling point is reached.Too much boiling destroys the nutritious principles and vitamins andrenders it quite useless.This is an ideal food for Sadhakas.Milk is a perfect food by itself.A fruit diet exercises a benign influence on the constitution.This is a natural form of diet.Fruits are very great energy-producers.Fruits and milk diet help concentration and easy mentalfocussing.Barley, wheat, milk and ghee promote longevity and increase power and strength.Fruit-juice and the water wherein sugar-candy is dissolved, are very good beverages.Butter mixedwith sugar-candy, and almonds soaked in water can be taken.These will cool the system.FORBIDDEN ARTICLESSour, hot, pungent and bitter preparations, salt, mustard, asafoetida, chillies, tamarind, sourcurd, chutnee, meat, eggs, fish, garlic, onions, alcoholic liquors, acidic things, stale food, overripeor unripe fruits, and other articles that disagree with your system should be avoided entirely.Rajasic food distracts the mind.It excites passion.Give up salt.It excites passion andemotion.Giving up of salt helps in controlling the tongue and thereby the mind and in developingwill-power also.Snake-bite and scorpion-stings will have no influence on a man who has given upsalt.Onions and garlic are worse than meat.Live a natural life.Take simple food that is agreeable.You should have your own menu tosuit your constitution.You are yourself the best judge to select a Sattvic diet.The proficient in Yoga should abandon articles of food detrimental to the practice of Yoga.During intense Sadhana, milk (and ghee also) is ordained.I have given above several articles of Sattvic nature.That does not mean that you shouldtake all.You will have to select a few things that are easily available and suitable to you.Milk is thebest food for Yogins.But even a small quantity of milk is harmful for some and may not agree with6PRELIMINARYall constitutions.If one form of diet is not suitable or if you feel constipated, change the diet and trysome other Sattvic articles.This is Yukti.In the matter of food and drinks you should be a master.You should not have the leastcraving or sense-hankering for any particular food.You must not become a slave to any particularobject.MITAHARAHeavy food leads to Tamasic state and induces sleep only.There is a generalmisapprehension that a large quantity of food is necessary for health and strength.Much dependsupon the power of assimilation and absorption.Generally, in the vast majority of cases, most of thefood passes away undigested along with faeces.Take half stomachful of wholesome food.Fill aquarter with pure water.Leave the rest free.This is Mitahara.Mitahara plays a vital part in keepingup perfect health.Almost all diseases are due to irregularity of meals, overeating and unwholesomefood.Eating all things at all times like a monkey is highly dangerous.Such a man can become aRogi (sick man) easily; but he can never become a Yogi.Hear the emphatic declaration of LordKrishna:  Success in Yoga is not for him who eats too much or too little; nor for him who sleeps toomuch or too little (Gita VI-16).Again in the Sloka 18 of the same chapter, He says:  To him who istemperate in eating and in sleep and wakefulness, Yoga becomes a destroyer of misery.A glutton cannot at the very outset have diet regulations and observe Mitahara.He mustgradually practise this.First let him take less quantity twice as usual.Then instead of the usualheavy night meals, let him take fruits and milk alone for some days.In due course of time he cancompletely avoid the night meals and try to take fruits and milk in the daytime.Those who dointense Sadhana must take milk alone.It is a perfect food by itself.If necessary they can take someeasily digestible fruits.A glutton, if he all on a sudden takes to fruit or milk diet, will desire at everymoment to eat something or other.That is bad.Once again I reiterate, gradual practice is necessary [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]