Science Of Life

SR No.: 007756
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: U S Dugar
Publisher: U S Dugar
Total Pages: 219
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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to food by you or the manufacturer, is the greatest threat to human health, bar none. Sugar systematically destroys many of our organs without symptoms until it is too late. First the liver, then the pancreas, then the kidneys and ultimately the heart. Sugars supply a lot of calories with few, if any, nutrients, but it promotes tooth decay. Your palate adjust significantly and quickly when you delete sugar from your daily intake. You can suddenly experience a whole range of flavour that either you did not know existed before and were muted by the presence of sugar. One thing people often remark after they have been off sugar for a month or so is that suddenly they can smell it. The path of selfdiscovery is not the path of renunciation or deprivation. It is a path of embracing all the beautiful things that life has to offer, in the healthiest manner.
Withdrawal is a positive trait and this experiment should not only confined to eating or drinking but it should also be extended to moderating of every other pleasure, appetite, inclination or passion, bodily or mental, even to our attachment and possession. It takes practice to resist the fragmenting seduction of modern life. It needs constant endeavour to watch the activity of the mind, speech and body and to divert them inward, which requires continuous watch upon the senses, control of passion etc., and restraint of sense organs and to remain Equanimeous towards desirable and undesirable act. Restraint of passion, anger, conceit, deceit and greed is a great art. It means when anger grip the mind just withdraw from it. Smile when someone gives abuses. Its practice lead to a profound state of relaxation, expanded self-awareness, and inner stability. It helps us master both the body and the mind,
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