Aptavani-2 79
within your own intrinsic nature( the Self) and properties( gunadharma).” If a person drinks sour kadhee, it increases pitta in the body. There is no telling when the properties of the non-self may change; the properties of the Self, however remain constant and never change.
The science of prakruti is amazing. It is worth understanding. One Ayurvedic doctor told his patient,“ Do not eat any bananas; they have a cooling effect.” Someone overheard the doctor and so he goes home and tells everyone,“ Don’ t eat bananas, they have a cooling effect.” People have no sense; they take things to such extremes. The doctor’ s advice was meant just for that particular patient, otherwise bananas are good for everyone. But this man goes around giving incorrect information to everyone. If you ask him where he obtained this knowledge, he would tell you that the doctor himself was saying so. You fool! The doctor was talking to his patient because bananas are not suited to that patient’ s prakruti but why are you doing the same? As far as your prakruti is concerned, bananas are suitable.
Everyone’ s prakruti is different, certain things maybe suitable for one person’ s prakruti and detrimental to another’ s. So one should not go around giving everyone such knowledge.
Do you drink tea? Questioner: No I do not. Dadashri: Why not?
Questioner: I do not like the taste of it. I like the taste of coffee and so I drink coffee.
Dadashri: There is a reason why you do not like tea; it does not suit your prakruti. That is why if someone offered you tea and coffee, you would choose coffee and that is why you are able to drink coffee. When something suites the prakruti, you say,“ I like it” and when something does not suite your prakruti,