26th October 2024
When we sit down to eat our daily dinner, we often take for granted the sustainable grains, vegetables, and minerals that make up our meal.
We rarely consider where these essential components come from. It's the same life force within all of us that sustains life on earth, through the power of the sun and the nourishment of plants as the moon.
Lord Krishna teaches us that this supreme Self takes the form of the digestive fire within our bodies, known as Vaishvanara, which works in association with our incoming and outgoing breaths to digest the four kinds of food: masticated, swallowed, sucked, and licked.
Thus the Self alone is out there in the world to sustain the earth, sun, and the moon and the life-giving food. Within us, it is the very same that consumes the food and maintains our body, senses, and mind!
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