Passage 3

In English

Fill your heads with sacred thoughts

Today there seems to be no limit to man's desires. The entire human life is spent in the pursuit of these desires. Every moment is filled with insatiable wants. Man's head is filled with these desires. If only the head is filled with sacred thoughts, it will get sanctified. How is this change to be effected? Food is an important factor. When pure, sacred and wholesome food is taken in moderation, that food itself will transform the head. The head will be turned towards God. Thus, Food, Head and God are the three whose unity will divinise man. Even Sathwik food (food. which is conducive to the promotion of good qualities) should be consumed in moderation. If there is no purity, wholesomeness and moderation in the food, the man turns Thamasik (evil minded). In due course, this leads to the development of Rajasik qualities (anger, etc).