Non Violence

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Ahimsa
Ahimsa
Questioner: So is it certain that food does have an effect on the mind?
Dadashri : Everything is the effect of food. Eaten food turns into "brandy" (that which produces a deleterious effect on awareness) in the body. These effects are directly linked with spiritual awareness. Heavy or excessive food decreases spiritual and mental awareness. Even pure vegetarian food has this effect to a lesser degree. Rich and sweet foods are not considered good foods because they increase these deleterious effects. But people turn these principles around for their own convenience.
Questioner : Does eating meat affect one's spiritual thinking?
Dadashri : Of course! Non-vegetarian food is sthool (gross, heavy, coarse), and does not allow the development of one's spiritual intellect. If you want to progress in spirituality then you must consume vegetarian food, which is light and does not create intoxication. It also helps in increasing awareness. In general people have no awareness whatsoever!
food, one is born in hell.
Dadashri : That is absolutely true. Why must you slaughter animals for food when there are plenty of other edible things? Do you not think that the chickens suffer when they are slaughtered? What about the chickens' parents? Do they not suffer also? What would you do if someone ate your children? A meat-eater does not even think about all this. It is nothing but primitive animalistic behavior, a state of thoughtlessness. We as humans are supposed to be thinking beings. Just one day of eating meat can destroy the human mind and turn it into a bestial one. If you want to keep your mind clear, you must stop eating all non-vegetarian food, including eggs.
In eating meat, you are taking on the liability of taking a life but even greater liability is incurred from the increase in the veils over your Soul. There is a liability for the taking of a life, but it falls primarily on the person involved in the meat business i.e. the butcher, the owner of the slaughterhouse etc. The consumer of meat is accountable to a lesser degree, but in eating meat, his internal awareness is diminished, and it compromises his 'grasping power', which in turn becomes an obstruction to his ability to comprehend this Gnan. One's Life Form Is Dependent On One's Karmic
Account Questioner : Can a Himsak person be conceived in the womb of an Ahimsak mother and vice-versa?
Dadashri : Yes, quite easily! You can be non-violent (Ahimsak) in this life and be violent (Himsak) in your next life. If you are born to parents who are violent, the environment around you will make you violent.
Foreign scientists cannot understand what I am saying and it is difficult for them to believe it, although they do say that it merits consideration. I tell them that it will take a long time for them to understand it, because they have consumed so many chickens and other meats. Eating meat creates a dense covering over the Soul. For one to understand this Gnan, a pure vegetarian diet is required, because the coverings from the vegetarian diet are comparatively thinner and so one is able to maintain higher awareness.
Does Eating Meat Lead To A Birth In Hell?
Questioner : It is said that by eating non-vegetarian