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Generation Gap
would be able to cut a goat or a chicken and they categorically
replied that they would not able to do so.
So you can only eat things that you can cut without hesitation.
You must not eat things your heart will not accept, otherwise the
effects will be detrimental and the resultant (indivisible sub-atomic
particles) parmanoos will have an adverse effect on the heart.
The children accepted and understood this and became
vegetarians.
(P.131)
Someone once asked George Bernard Shaw the playwright,
why he did not eat meat and he replied: “My body is not a
graveyard! It is not a cemetery for chickens. I want to be a civilized
man.”
(P.132)
Questioner : Is it all right to feed magas (a heavy and rich
sweetmeat made with a lot of ghee and sugar) to the children?
Dadashri : No, you should not feed magas to children. Magas
or any such heavily fat-laden sweets cannot be given to children.
Children’s diets should be kept simple. Even their milk intake
should be limited. People keep stuffing their children with dairy
products. Such foods promote passion and excitement in children.
Even at the age of twelve, a child will begin to have sexual thoughts.
You should give your child the kind of diet that will decrease such
hyperactivity. Children have no idea about all this.
(P.132)
Questioner : If we suspect that our child is stealing, should
we allow him to continue because we do not want to say anything?
Dadashri : You should express your disapproval on the
outside, but from within, you should maintain equanimity and
remain undisturbed. You should not be ruthless towards him if he
steals. If you lose equanimity, you will become merciless. The
entire world becomes merciless.
(P.135)