OM!
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Jai Shree Ram II
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Shree Ganeshay Namah OM!
RE: Why Be Vegetarian! or
Why
Stay away from Non-Vegetarian Food
Turning
Point in My life:
When we
were in College, it was a fashion to eat Mutton Bhajia. So I must have tried that a couple of times. Fish, I could NOT stand the smell – Bad, Bad,
Bad Odor! During my high school days, I
and my brother, Mahesh were very skinny.
One of our Vora neighbors convinced my parents to give us one Egg mixed
in One tall glass of Milk to build our body.
So our parents did that without telling us (Sneaky!). We knew it was something strange from the odor
and taste but we did not mind it as we got used to it. So in College we ate Omelets number of
times.
A
little Digression:
{Since
we were living in Vorvad and ours was the first Hindu family house on the
street. Vora-vaad means the street where
Voras live. Voras are converted Nagar
Brahmins and even to-day they do not call them Muslims but Voras! Nagar Bhrahmins considered themselves as
highest level caste, supposedly, very proud, very high self-esteemed, sweet and
soft talking group. Vaishnav Jan to tene
re kahiye ... (We call them God’s devotee composed by Narshih Mehta – who composed
many Bhajans (Devotional Songs) based upon very high complicated Vedic
Philosophies into very simple colloquial Gujarati Language) Mahatma Gandhi ji's most loved Bhajan. Those who have seen Gandhi Movie of Richard
Attingborough (Must see Movie!) would remember the rendition of this
Bhajan. Very simply this Bhajan describes
the qualities of Vaishnavas – Devotees.
Jhaveri-Zaveri-Shah, Desai and Parikh Families belong to Vaishnava group
of Shree Vallabhacharya. Also Gandhi
movie played in the background, Raghupati Ragav Rajaram, as Gandhi wished to
establish Ram - Rajya meaning the Rule of Lord Rama.
Getting
back on track: One time, one of our close friends, Ashwin
Desai, insisted that I should try Chicken, when we were in Wisconsin Dells and
I tried it! I might have Chicken varieties,
may be 4 – 5 times, since then. When I
was working for GE (General Electric), we (My Manager John Bock and I), were on
Business Trip. While munching on appetizer,
I ordered Chicken, as main meal. So John
expressed his shock, "You told me that U are vegetarian, and why are U
ordering Chicken?" So I told him,
since there was no item, even Egg items on menu.... He said, "we can go to
another restaurant.... we do not have to eat here!" "Well, since we
already ate appetizer..." "so
what? We will pay for that and let's go
..." That appealed to my Heart so much that even my Boss has high Respect
for my feelings! That was the last time
I ever thought of eating non-veg! (1967
or 68)
Another,
little digression: Rashmi Chokshi, Ashwin Desai and I came to
USA together on Aug 31st 1964.
Engineering College and we studied together (literally) for four-five
years. My USA returned brother-in-law Kanubhai made a list for me as to what
Egg varieties available in USA that we can eat.
Then at the bottom of the list he put down, Hamburger(?). He said, try it, you may like it! Very first day in NY (Sept 2nd,
1964), we saw the sign for Hamburger for 35 Cents. I said, "Hey, let's check the list....
I think, it is there !!!!!" When
we got it, we knew it was NOT egg but some kind of meat .... but we had hardly
6 dollars in our pocket... so can't afford to waste it? Within a week I reached Stillwater, Oklahoma
and our apartment was right across from MacDonald, boasting ‘sold Hamburgers
over Millions’ .... I proposed to my neighbor K. Bhasker to go for it! He asked me, "Do U know what is
Hamburger?" "NO!" "Well, it is Beef!" "Well, what is Beef?" "It is the meat from Calf?" "What is Calf?" "Baby Cow!!!!!" I burst into tears! "Oh my God, What have I done?" That was the last time I ever thought of
eating Hamburger!"
Indian
parents may feel that, since their children will be living in USA,
they should get them used to eating Meat from childhood. So they may start feeding them, meat mixed in
Baby food. One 7 year young boy asked, that why they were fed Fish Sticks etc...
while parents did NOT eat. So dad
explained to him what is Meat and why they did not eat, as parents were never
raised that way ..... Boy said, Ok he will NOT eat anymore either! So the father was very Happy.... A couple years younger brother just
followed. Boy was around 7 so dad asked
them, at least to finish what we had in the Freezeer! He said ...Noppe.... No more! Patents do not like to throw away any food
... but ... NO CHOICE!
When
that boy became teenager, he said., "Dad, I have Confession to make! I have started eating meat, when I go to Barbeque
to my friends' home." Dad said,
"I understand! I wondered about
that ... But since you have admitted, Plz do not eat when we are on the same
dinner table. Just so that you know that
we do not approve that practice & to respect our belief system." He said OK!
It does
bother me a lot that my Family and esp. close friends enjoy eating meat! This ThanxGiving (2015), how they will be
preparing, stuffing Turky etc, that too enthusiastically, energetically ...
churned my Heart INSIDE OUT! I made up
my mind that I have to do something to REPENT ... Gandhiji taught us ... one of
the ways to appeal to others' conscience – Heart, is to Go on Fasting. Blessed are PURE in their Heart, for they
shall see God! So I decided to FAST that
day! And this is JUST the
Beginning!
Now,
Question is: If the Majority of the world eats non-veg,
then why should we be against it? Well,
I am Different and I have been acting different all my life! I am Born to do something
different in my life then just to follow others or Majority. I believe very Strongly that this is one case,
where Majority is Wrong!
I.
Let me start with Physical Aspect First:
Physically
and Physiologically our Human Bodies are designed similar to Herbivorous (H)
Animals, not Carnivorous (C).
So what
R the differences:
1. Vegetarians (Herbivorous-H) have molars,
while Carnivorous (C) has Sharp teeth to tear into flesh.
2. H has 5 to six times longer intestine than
their height while C has 3 to 4 feet.
Meat should be eliminated from system very fast as it starts fermenting –
putrefying faster than Vegetarian food.
3. Digestive juices are more acidic for C as to
digest – break down meat quicker. That's
why meat eater needs wine along with their food!
4. Four aspects of our lives, as per
Scriptures: A. Ahar – Food, B. Nidra –
Sleep, C. Maithun – Procreation and D. Bhaya
– Fear are same in animals as well as Humans.
(I say, More we have them, more we Want them! Less we have them, less we Need them!!)
What
differentiates Humans v/s Animals is that Humans are given fully developable Potential
Mind – Intellect – the Discriminating power as opposed to Animals. Animals live by instincts.
Think
about the Biggest animal, Elephant is Vegetarian! One of the fastest running animals, Horse is
vegetarian! All cattle are Vegetarians!
Humans
have the power to analyze, discriminate and act wisely!
I read
one article long time back that the amount of grains that has to be fed to
Animals and the amount of land required to feed animals so much that we can
grow plenty more Vegetables to satisfy the need for Both, Animals and Humans.
Another
Important Aspect is the way the animals are treated (Inhumanly) before they are
killed, which would create fear and consequently high level of Stress Hormones that
would be released, which is imparted to consumers.
Also,
in order to make more meat, Animals are fed special Hormones so they give more
meat. Ultimately, those hormones end up
in Humans. Also the preservatives
required to keep meat fresh looking and tender could be harmful to Human
system. I vaguely remember something
about the presence of Urea (Urine) make meat Tender? We rather Drink our own Urine which is
supposed be healthier by some Zealots!
Oh, the first Urine of the day! I
know it is very good for Acnes! Watch out Dermatologists!
The
Animal meat is second hand Vegetarian, as these Animals are Vegetarian anyway.
II.
According to the Secret Discoveries behind
Iron Curtain (Former USSR);
Karlian
Photography showed
that in 3 to 4 hours meat looses it’s Prana – Life Force - Energy, meaning it
is Dead! While Vegetables live longtime. So Vegetarians consumes Live Food as opposed
to Dead Meat! Think about C animals,
they eat Live Meat! They usually do not
touch old stale meat.
Kirlian
Photography Pictures:
Coocked
v/c Natural Vegetables
Meat
v/s Apple
Effect
of Meditation
III.
Now
from Religious point of View:
Esp. Hindus.
Satya Saibaba defined that – 'Hin' represents 'Hinsa' (Violence!), 'Du'
represents – Dur Rahe – Stay Away!
Anyone, who stays away from any form of Violence, is Hindu! By that Definition: We all have to become Hindu, we may be born
Hindu but we have to practice! Even
irritation ... leading to Anger is the form of Violence! Help Ever, Hurt Never (Satya Sai). We should NOT even hurt anyone's
feelings. We should not even think about
hurting anyone!
Well,
all the Formal Eastern religions:
Hinduism - Jainism, Buddhism, Shikhsm, The very first tenet is Ahimsa
Parmo Dharm. Our first and Foremost duty
and responsibility is to observe Non- Violence!
Patanjali's
Raj YOGA Sutra, the First Yama – Control is Ahimsa- NonViolence. I think, the first Commandment is Thou Shall
NOT Kill! Selfish Humans interpret that
as referring to only fellow Human-beings.
Animals are created for Human Consumption. Otherwise, this world will have too many
animals and duty is discharged to Humans to bring balance!!!!!
Hindus believe in Vasudhaiv Kutumbaksm. Vasudha
means – Mother Earth. Vasudhaiv meaning,
any living Creature on Earth, belongs to one Family. How can you hurt or kill another Living
Creature? I know, it is easy said than
done! In order to pamper our Ego, we go
on hurting our Loved ones on ongoing basis!
Tony
Robbins is Vegetarian and is also promoting Vegetarianism. He sighted many Great man as Vegetarians. I liked his suggestion that any food less
than 70 % Liquid would clog our system and more than 70% Liquid or water
content naturally present in food is cleansing our system.
Dada
Shyam: J P Vaswani of Sadhu Vaswani
Center promotes his Birthday of 25th November as a Meatless
Day.
As you
sow, So shall U reap! Every cause has an
effect and every effect has to have a cause!
If that is the case, then how we keep on hurting nature believing that
we will NOT have to pay for it? Last
year, I asked one Kathakar, that why there are so many natural disasters! His response was People keep killing
everyday and don't they have to pay for it?
Many a times I keep wondering, is there such thing as Innocent people? Don't
we receive what we deserve! Violence
begets Violence! Swami ViditAtmanda keep
emphasizing in his talk on YOGA of Equanimity:
That everything is in order! I am
pretty sure we can justify or rationalize our right or wrong actions! In our mind, we do not do anything
wrong! We believe, what we do is
right!
Well,
with these thoughts, I have a firm conviction, that any action taken with
intention is binding Karma and we will have to be prepared for the Consequences! We can
get lost in this kind of discussion: As
the nature of the Laws of Action is very mysterious!
So if
we follow very simply: Help Ever, Hurt
Never!
IV.
In that
Spirit: I would like to propose:
Start
with a day in a week as your fasting day.
At least, as a MEATLESS Day, on that day under any and all
circumstances, no meat. Try to go for as
much as possible Satwik Diet. What is
Satwik? All the Fruits, Vegetables,
Nuts, not even grains but may be, include green Beans, Legume, only green
Spices. Minimum prepared - processed
food.
Then
keep on adding one more day a week, until you become totally Vegetarian! U can follow the same with eggs, next in
line. Then intoxicants! Sooner the better! We say, Shubhasya Shighram! Anything Good for us, sooner, the
better!
V.
Shreyas v/s Preyas:
Shreyas – something better for us v/s Preyas –
something we love to do in-spite of knowing that it is harmful. So the beauty is in making everything Shreyas
as our Preyas!
May God
bless us!
Very
recently, during our last meeting with Dr. Vinodbhai Sodha, he stated that we
do NOT put regular gas in High test Premium gas car? Well, we will NOT put regular gas in Diesel
car and vice verse. Then a thought
flashed that why we put meat in our system, while our body is designed for
Vegetarian food?
During
my morning YOGA Sadhana to-day, thought flashed that in why Krishna asked
Pandavas to kill Kauravas and their supporters?
You should watch MahaBharat with English subtitles produced by B. R.
Chopra, it has probably over 100, 30 minutes episodes on youtube. Esp. 70 series where Krishna Explains the
Pearls of Wisdom of Geeta. Briefly, to
my understanding, Krishna emphasized that it is our Duty (Dharma) to set right
what is adhrama (Injustice!). He also explained what is justice and
injustice. When selected specific
people on the other side, he explained to Arjun why to kill those people, who
happened to be his Guru, Grand father, cousins etc. Krishna tried to convince Kauravas to change
their position before the war. He offered
even the compromise to give five Villages to five Pandava brothers in
settlement but they would not accept that.
So War became inevitable!
In
Vedas or Hindu Scriptures, there is No such word as RIGHT! It is our Duty (Dharma!) to perform! Our actions have to be Duty bound, not by our
Likes and dislikes!
Basically,
My Father’s Day (2016) Wish is that all readers of this article to be
Vegetarian and eventually even become only Satwik food consumers and promote
Vegetarianism!
I welcome, any suggestions to improve the impact
of this message! Also correct the spellings, Grammar, sentence
construction so that it can better communicate the message!
God
bless us with Great Wisdom! Recite
Gayatri Mantra! Where we pray
(Meditate) for making our Intelligence as bright as Sun!
OM
Namah Shivay OM! - Sudhir Parikh
OM NamahShivay OM! -
Sudhir
Tongue Connected in Khetchari Mudra, Breath Slowly and
Deeply.
Mind Focused on Blissful Awareness with mentally chanting OM-Kaar.
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Tongue Connected in Khetchari Mudra, Breath Slowly and
Deeply.Mind Focused on Blissful Awareness with mentally chanting OM-Kaar.
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