The Why of Eat Food; Not Pills By Rick Talcott Rick, a retired legal counselor, has been an avid follower of SVA – Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda – and particularly of the SVA food philosophy since he met Vaidya Mishra almost 8 years ago. For the past 3 years, he has been working closely with Vaidya Mishra and actively gathering and organizing Vaidya’s SVA recipes and precepts into a book. Very soon, you will be able to finally understand the what, when, why and how to of both SVA eating and cooking for optimal long-lasting blissful health. When Rick is not working on the book, you may find him busy discussing recipes or other SVA food matters with his friends. This is a recent article he circulated on his SVA buddies’ list. We share it with our larger reading audience, knowing you will enjoy his sense of humor and the wit with which he is able to translate abstract SVA ideas into practical experiences.
I received a few inquires asking why food is better than pills. So far no one has disagreed with the basic idea, but there was interest in what is actually going on that makes food so much better than pills (or Tang or manufactured baby formula etc.). It is easiest to point to the authority of the Carak Samhita, but in addition, let me try to describe my sense of the reason. To start off, I need you to actually do an experiment. Stand up and sing the "aahh" sound. "Aahh" like the "a" in father. Now, move the sound up and down in your throat and body. You will notice that it gets deeper in pitch as the vibration point moves lower in your body. The goal of the experiment -‐ this is so we have a common experience to talk about -‐ is to notice the vibration, like a cat's purr. Find the spot where the vibration feels the best, which may ©Adishakti 2012. The information found herein is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease. If you have a medical condition, consult with your medical physician. www.vaidyamishra.com, www.chandika.com 1.888.3CHANDI or 1.818.709.1005
or may not be the spot where the sound is most pleasing to you at this moment. We are looking for where it feels best. Now, I'm not stupid. (Notwithstanding all evidence to the contrary.) Most people will read about an exercise and tell themselves that they will, maybe, try it after they are done reading. Please do the exercise now, so that we have a common experience which will make the rest of this article more intelligible. Go ahead; I'll wait. waiting.... Okay. What was going on with the exercise was for you to feel the vibration. It helps to feel something since there is no suspended judgment about what you can feel. It is possible to set up a vibration in the body. Now, couple that with an understanding of what your body consists of. If we took all of the protons, neutrons and electrons that make up your body -‐-‐ not the atoms, but the tiny bits of matter that make up your atoms, the amount of physical bits of matter that make up your body would be less than half a measuring cup. Your body is not something constructed of solid pieces such as lego-‐like atoms, but rather out of tinker toys. There are tiny bits of matter floating in what some would call emptiness. It would be more correct to say: in a vibrational field. To give you a sense of how empty an atom is, imagine that a single atom is blown up to the size of the earth. If the electron orbit around the nucleus were the diameter of the earth, then the tiny nucleus at the center of the atom would be the size of a tennis court. Turned sideways, if the electron was in Chicago, then the nucleus would be a tennis-‐court sized object just west of Hawaii. That is how much space is inside of each atom in our bodies. Again, it is not empty space. It is a vibrational field full of energy. The vibrational field that is part of our bodies has currents in it, much the ©Adishakti 2012. The information found herein is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease. If you have a medical condition, consult with your medical physician. www.vaidyamishra.com, www.chandika.com 1.888.3CHANDI or 1.818.709.1005
same as our oceans have currents. When Vaidya Mishra talks about those currents, he refers to them as Soma, Agni and Marut. This trinity, SAM, is at play in the universe; in our bodies it turns into Kapha, Pitta, and Vata respectively, and becomes known as a dosha – that is: when the body is more prone to receiving Soma energy, we say it has more kapha; when it receives more Agni, we say it is more pitta; and more Marut, then it is more Vata. These currents are also specific vibrational fields, they are the vibrational building blocks of the universe that determine our individual identities. What we have done with our experiment of finding where the "aahh" feels best in the body is to have the physical body set up a response in the vibrational body. The vibrational field inside our bodies not only reacts with our physical body but also reacts with other vibrational fields. That is how (& why) we feel uncomfortable when someone looms over us. Their field is literally in touch with our field. Our vibrational fields are dynamic. They expand or shrink based on our experiences as well as the environment. Hostile or negative thoughts and emotions in people surrounding us, or hostile and negative thoughts within our own minds, can make our vibrational field shrink and wither away. This automatically affects our physical bodies and health. When our energy fields are weak, our energy becomes depleted and our immune system does not function properly. This can lead to disease if some other conditions are present. For example: • A poor diet that consists mostly of dumb or dead food, as Vaidya explains. That is, a diet low in nutritional and vibrational value that has residues of chemicals, pesticides, or that is simply old, such as left-‐others, and is on its way toward decomposing slowly but surely • A polluted environment – either sounds/vibrational pollution, or polluted air, with toxic fumes from pesticides or artificial scents, or synthetic products, etc • A stressful daily routine – the job you want to leave, the relationship that cause more grief than joy, etc ©Adishakti 2012. The information found herein is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease. If you have a medical condition, consult with your medical physician. www.vaidyamishra.com, www.chandika.com 1.888.3CHANDI or 1.818.709.1005
So, how does all of that connect with why we should eat food and not pills? The reason is that food, like all living things has its own vibrational field. Our vibrational body is interacting with the vibrational field inside of the peach, or the rutabaga or whatever kind of food we put inside of our body. To our additional pleasure, if the food is cooked by mom, or some other caring cook, then the vibration of the cook is also carried into the food and then into our bodies. Heating food increases the vibrational energy of the food, and the energy is then carried even deeper and faster into our bodies, along with the vibrations of the people who prepared and served it. The first and foremost aspect of selecting ingredients to prepare for my family is to find the food with the best vibrations. It is those foods that our bodies will be best able to interact with. The better the food, the better our bodies will be best able to digest it and make use of it to improve our health. It follows then, that organic canned soup is less wonderful than homemade soup with non-‐organic ingredients. The canning of the soup acted to kill all of the life, the vibration, in the soup so that it could sit on the grocery shelf longer. Good for agribusiness, but not so wonderful for you. Likewise, if you are eating chemicals made in the laboratory or factory, there never was any life in them. To go to an extreme example, beta-‐carotene, the antioxidant found in carrots and other colorful foods, will help prevent cancer and heart disease. When made in a laboratory, the synthetic beta-‐carotene itself becomes a carcinogen. One of the major differences between real beta-‐carotene and synthetic beta-‐ carotene is in the vibrational field. One is empty of life and the other is ©Adishakti 2012. The information found herein is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease. If you have a medical condition, consult with your medical physician. www.vaidyamishra.com, www.chandika.com 1.888.3CHANDI or 1.818.709.1005
full of life! Our bodies interact differently to each, much the same as our physical bodies would react differently to being with your sweetie and being with a mannequin. So, there you have it. Eat foods that are full of natural vibration, not pills. Favor whatever is open to life rather than anything treated with pesticides that kill life alongside the bugs they target, and do not go for processed foods that aim for longer shelf life because they are already “dead” – as Vaidya reminds us. Enjoy!
©Adishakti 2012. The information found herein is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease. If you have a medical condition, consult with your medical physician. www.vaidyamishra.com, www.chandika.com 1.888.3CHANDI or 1.818.709.1005