Baba
BE AWARE:
HAZARDOUS FOOD FROM CHINA
Namaskar,
As Ananda Margiis, we are all very careful about what to eat and what not to eat. Before putting anything in our mouths, we watch, smell, and see what it is and use our logic and reasoning to ensure it is sentient and good for both body and mind.
"What is pramitáhára? Pra – má + [kta + áhára] = pramitáhára. That is, the food that helps you in your spiritual and mental development and which is also good for your physical body is called pramitáhára. It must be sáttvika food, because sáttvika food will help you in your spiritual development and in your mental development. And it must be balanced food, because balanced food will help you in your physical progress and physical development, and in maintaining a good physical body." (25 November 1978, Mumbai)
In the height of this materialistic era, food travels across the planet from one corner to another. In the past, people used to eat locally so they were aware about how the food was produced and who was producing it. But now the situation is very different - i.e. everything is pre-packaged, produced on an industrial level, and imported from far away.
At the same time, to increase profits, agro-business corporations and large food companies are using more toxic chemicals. And they invest huge monies to cover up the defects and harmful aspects of their products. In result, innumerable innocent and unsuspecting people are harmed.
Nowadays, countless people are dying on a regular basis due to gradual or acute food poisoning. More diseases are cropping up on a daily basis which were unheard of previously - all due to food toxicity.
The biggest culprit in all of this is China.
That is why who are aware about the situation are keen and adamant to avoid any food grown and / or prepared in China. These days many health stores also avoid food that manufactured or grown in China because of lack of quality control and overall health concerns.
China's soil is like a wasteland and so many of the natural resources in China are completely polluted and ruined; food grown and produced there is bound to be poisonous and dangerous.
Yet, tragically, these days many foods are coming from China and many countries are importing both unprocessed and processed foods from China. So watch out - this following article from the New York Times gives insight into what is going on.
What info we get we should take seriously.
In Him,
Jayadeva
Pollution Rising, Chinese Fear for Soil and Food
By Edward Wong
Published: December 30, 2013
(Courtesy of the New York Times)
One-sixth of China’s arable land — nearly 50 million acres — suffers from soil pollution, according to a book published this year by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The book, “Soil Pollution and Physical Health,” said that more than 13 million tons of crops harvested each year were contaminated with heavy metals, and that 22 million acres of farmland were affected by pesticides.
But the government has refused to divulge details of the pollution, leaving farmers and consumers in the dark about the levels of contaminants in the food chain. The soil survey, completed in 2010, has been locked away as a “state secret.”
“We think it’s always the right of the public to know how bad the situation is,” said Ma Tianjie, an advocate at Greenpeace East Asia who is researching toxic soil. “The Chinese public can accept the fact that our environment is polluted. The important thing is to give them the means to challenge polluters and improve the environment, and not just keep them in the dark.”
There has been some acknowledgement of... (read entire article)
PRABHAT SAMGIITA
"Marmaviin'a'y eki sur a'chi ba'je diva'nishi mor virahii hiya'r ma'jhe..." (P.S. 480)
Purport:
O' Parama Purusa, day and night, only one tune is resonating in the viina of my melancholic heart. O' my dearmost Baba please come. In the deep core of my mind only one tune is swinging: O' Baba, You are not far away, You are not far, You are so close, You are with me.
O' my Lord, when I see You in my karmayajina*, then I see You are remaining there also. You are with me in all the works. O' my Lord, please come, please come.
With the full longing of my heart, in whichever direction I look, there is nothing else that I can see except for Your divine form. O' my Lord of Formlessness, with the resonance of the ever-new song, dance, & form, please allow Yourself to be held in my heart.
O' Parama Purusa Baba, please come, O' Baba please come...
Note For Prabhat Samgiita #480:
* Karmayajina: The work done with cosmic ideation is known as karmayajina; that alone is proper action. Thus karmayajina is any action or service done with the sole motive to please Parama Purus'a. In contrast those things done devoid of cosmic feeling, such selfish activities are called kriya' - and that leads to bondage. So only those works done with spiritual ideation come within the scope of karmayajina.
