食物的三種屬性

悅性食物:滋養身體,平衡身心
變性食物:滿足味覺刺激,但累積身體需要代謝的物質,影響神經系統.
惰性食物:滿足口感,但無法使身體輕鬆代謝利用,易累積食垢,使身心負荷.

克里希納與好友 蘇達瑪----印度聖典故事

蘇達瑪是克里希納一起成長、求學時的好友。

克里希納成為一個國王，蘇達瑪卻是一個非常窮的人，他一無所有。一天, 蘇達瑪的妻子告訴他 :「看 ! 克里希納是你非常親密、親愛的好友。你為什麼不去找他尋求一些幫助」？
蘇達瑪有點害羞，「我怎麼能對一個朋友要東西？我不想這樣做。」
但...,別無選擇了，他決定去見克里希納。
在印度有一個習俗，你不會空手而去見某人。那麼，他可以帶些什麼呢？他什麼也沒有。他一身破衣，太窮了！在家裡，他有些米糠餅。所以他用一塊布包了些餅，帶著去見克里希納。

他進了富麗堂皇、有美麗裝飾的宮殿。克里希納坐在他的王位寶座上，許多奴僕圍繞著。
當他看見蘇達瑪的時候，他衝跳下來，然後為他洗了腳，請他上座。
他讓他安座在自己的王位上。然後克里希納問蘇達瑪 :「你為我帶來了什麼？來吧！」克里希納總是調皮，他總喜歡開玩笑。所以他說，「你帶來了什麼呀？」他知道他自己很害羞，他想要把帶來的米糠餅藏起來。「我怎麼能供奉這些米糠餅？」蘇達瑪自問..，隨後克里希納就逮著，抓住它了，他接著把那米糠餅全塞進他自己的嘴巴裡了。老朋友相見是如此的喜悅，蘇達瑪甚至忘了要要求任何東西，忘了他是為什麼來見克里希納的，而克里希納也忘記送他任何東西！
他們彼此都忘了！

當兩個靈魂在這樣深厚的友誼情感相遇時，他們忘我了!

蘇達瑪謝謝克里希納，然後離開了宮廷。據說，當蘇達瑪回到家中時，他發現他整個房子被改造了，他的房子裡有了所有的財富。他的妻子很高興的說:有人帶了許多的禮物來。
沒有要也沒有給。

所以說，從任何角度，你都看到了一體性，
有一個獨特性存在於克里希納的人格特質。

那正指出你也是如此。你最內在的本性有這所有的特質，
像一束陽光有所有的顏色。通過棱鏡，所有的顏色都顯現。
但相同的光線通過黑色或藍色或紅色玻璃，反射的只有那種特定的顏色。但是通過棱鏡，七彩出來了。
克里希納是這樣一個棱鏡，如此清晰，如此充滿喜悅、歡樂。
無法說克里希納過去是，克里希納現在是，因為
祂是永恆的存在，永不會幻滅。

克里希納說：「雖然我在身體裡，我不是這個身體。雖然我正在經歷心靈，我不是心靈。我不是你所看到的我。我遠大於你所能感知的我」。
同你一樣的，我在你的心裡。
任何時候你需要我，你呼喚我，我會與你同在，帶出你的煩惱和困難。
你可以總是倚望著我!

～古儒吉大師

Sri Sri bolger krishna-sudama/  ( English)

Sudama was one of the friends who studied with Krishna.

Krishna became a king, and Sudama was a very poor man, He did not have anything at all. And once Sudama’s wife told him, “See, Krishna is your very close friend, dear friend. Why don’t you go and ask him for some help?” Sudama was a little shy, “How can I ask a friend for something? I don’t feel like doing it.” But when there was no other way to go, he decided to meet Krishna. There is a custom in India that when you go to meet somebody, you don’t go empty-handed. So what could he take? He had nothing. His clothes were torn. He was so poor! And then at home, he had few rice krispies. So he packed them in a piece of cloth and took them to Krishna.

He entered the palace, it was gorgeous and beautifully decorated. Krishna was sitting on his throne, and there were so many servants around. And the moment he saw Sudama, he rushed down, and washed his feet and offered him his own seat. He put him on the throne. And then Krisha asked Sudama, “What have you brought for me? Come on!” Krishna is always mischievous, he would make fun all the time. So he said, “What have you brought?” He knew that he was so shy, that he was trying to hide his rice krispies. “How I can offer these rice krispies?” asked Sudama, But then Krishna grabbed hold of it and caught on, and then he went on stuffing it in his mouth. The joy of meeting his old friend was so much that Sudama even forgot to ask anything and forgo why he had come to meet his friend and Krishna forgot to give him anything! They both forgot!  

When two souls meet in such deep friendship, they forget everything.

Sudama thanked Krishna and left the palace. And it is said, when Sudama went back to his home, he found his whole house was transformed, and he had all the riches in his house. His wife was very happy. Somebody had come with a lot of gifts. Without asking and without giving.

So it’s said, from any angle you see there is a totality, there is a uniqueness in Krishna’s personality.

And that is to indicate that you are like that. Your innermost Self has all the qualities in it, like a ray of sun has all the colors in it. Through a prism, all the colors get manifested. But the same ray of light through a black or blue or red glass reflects only that particular color. But through a prism, the rainbow comes out. And Krishna was such a prism, so clear, so full of joy. It’s wrong to say Krishna was. Krishna is, because it is the eternal presence that is never lost.

Krishna says “Though I am in the body, I am not this body. Though I am working through the mind, I am not the mind. I am not what you see me as. I am much more than what you perceive me as. I am present in your heart as you. And anytime you need me, you call me, I’ll be right there with you, to take you out of your troubles and difficulties. You can always count on me.” 

為什麼要敬拜祖先?~ 古儒吉大師談話

這精微的梵只有一，但也非一。精微的意識有許多層次，
靈性是一也是眾!
這整個宇宙是由靈性, 梵所瀰漫，但程度不同。

例如，石頭有生命和性別。正如人類學家和生物學家知道，植物和樹木可以是雄性或雌性，也可以是無性。每一種文化的古代人知道這一點。印度的Shilpis（石匠）知道如何識別哪些石頭是男是女。美國土著,他們選擇特定的石頭做敬拜和祈禱。在夏威夷的考艾島他們這樣做。

石頭有一個單位的生命。

水有兩個單位的生命。

火有三個單位的生命。

風有四個單位的生命。

空間有五個單位的生命。

樹有六個單位的生命。

動物有七個單位的生命。

人類有八個單位的生命，被稱為，ashtavasu,八瓦蘇。

存在綻放的超人，非凡的作為，無論是極好或極壞，有九個單位的生命。

而且，人類可以開發生命到十六個單位。
當我們死了，在某些​​方面來說,我們變得更加有力量。我們的生命單位介於九到十之間，這就是為什麼要敬拜祖先。
身體離世的那一刻，靈魂已變成自由的，沒有了束縛，沒有什麼可以阻擋它。
靈性能自由的在各處移動。靈性受身體約束時，只有八個單位的生命，只能觸及部分,當有九個單位，你多了一點點的力量，但如果你死了，那麼你就可以接連第九和第十單位，讓你獲得地球更多的通路。這就是為什麼祖先有保佑你的能力。他們有更比你多的'生命'，因為他們的靈性，從有限的身體中解脫出來，就可以知道;可以認知;可以祝福你。你可以感覺到他們的存在。所以，當你對著他們祈禱，他們可以給你一定的恩賜。他們是有力量能夠賜予隨你的任何程度。從中國到拉丁美洲的國家都可以找到敬拜祖先的習俗。

在基督教的傳統，有萬靈節，在那裡你尊重靈魂，並請求他們給予祝福。這就是屍體被埋葬在教堂背後的原因之一;使那個地方變得更具力量。
祖先們已經得到更多一個單位的力量，而被稱為Pitras (先祖) ～古儒吉大師2016/9/11
 

The subtle Brahman is only one, yet it is not one. The subtle consciousness has many layers to it.The spirit is one, yet it is many.The whole universe is permeated by the spirit, by Brahman, yet to different degrees.

For example, stones have life and gender. As anthropologists and biologists know that plants and trees can be male or female, so too can be stones. The ancient people of every culture knew this. The Shilpis (stone masons) in India know how to identify which stone is male and which is female. The Native Americans choose certain stones for their worship and prayer program. They do the same in Kauai, Hawaii.

Stones have one unit of life.

Water has got two units of life.

Fire has three units of life.

Air has four units of life.

Space has five units of life.

Trees have six units of life.

Animals have seven units of life.

Human beings have eight units of life, and are known as, ashtavasu.

Superhuman blossomed beings, who do extraordinary work, whether it be very good or very bad, have in nine units of life.

Furthermore, humans can develop up to sixteen units of life. When we die we become more powerful in some way. We go between nine and ten units of life.This is strange, but true.That is why ancestors are worshiped. The moment this body drops, the spirit has become free, without boundaries, and nothing can stop it. The spirit moves around freely. If it is bound in the body, you have only eight units of life, you can only reach out to some.When you have nine units, you have a little more power, but if you die, then you have access to the ninth and tenth units, so you gain much more access to the planet. That is why ancestors have the capacity to bless you. They have more ‘life’ than you, because their spirit, freed from the limited body, can know; can cognize; can bless you. You can feel their presence. So when you pray to them, they can grant you certain boons. They1 are able to bestow unto you to whatever extent they are powerful. Ancestral worship can be found from China to Latin American countries.

In the Christian tradition, there is All Soul’s day, where you respect the souls and ask for their blessings. This is one of the reasons why bodies are buried behind a church; to make that place more powerful. Ancestors have got one more unit of power, and are called Pitras
~~~ Sri Sri ravi shankar，http://www.wisdom.srisriravishankar.org/why-do-we-worship-ancestors/