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so you should not have any qualms about whether or not to eat
them. This is the way of life. You cannot survive without eating
and drinking.
The entire world is composed of life-forms. Actually, the
whole world is a collection of life-forms. The basis of life is at
least single-sensory. You cannot eat anything that does not contain
life; moreover there is nothing in this world that is devoid of life.
You can only eat food that contains life because that is the only
way you can nourish and sustain your body. Everything we eat is
at least one-sensory, if not more. The Lord does not forbid the
consumption of single-sensory organisms, because they do not
contain blood, pus or meat. There will be no end to it if you start
worrying about the single-sensory life-forms. In fact you are not
to worry about them at all. People on the other hand have become
overly concerned with insignificant things and have dismissed things
of greater importance. You should not worry about the violence
that occurs at the minuscule level.
What is the Best Food?
Questioner: Why are certain foods forbidden in the
kramik (traditional step by step path towards liberation) path?
Dadashri: There are different categories of food. Human
flesh is the worst and most harmful. Then comes animal meat. In
this category however, it is better to consume the flesh of the
species whose population increases rapidly, such as chicken, fish
or duck, as opposed to eating beef and the meat of such animals
whose population does not increase rapidly. Eating eggs is better
than eating meat. But those who want to further their spiritual
progress should consume only edible roots e.g. carrots and
potatoes. And to those who want to progress even further, I say
avoid even these and consume only foods such as breads, whole-
grain, sweetmeats and ghee. And spiritual progress beyond this
would require avoidance of any foods containing unrefined sugar,
ghee, butter, honey, yogurt and cream. In this case, people should