“It has been well said that the food one consumes determines one's thoughts. By eating the flesh of various animals, the qualities of these animals are imbibed. How sinful is it to feed on animals, which are sustained by the same five elements as human beings! This leads to demonic tendencies, besides committing the sin of inflicting cruelty on animals.” HumansWellsHas BeensSaidHuman BeingsSinAnimalQualityFiveElementsEatingDetermineVariousFleshCrueltyTendenciesDemonicWell SaidFive Elements Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The activities of drawing, eating and drinking, all involve assimilations by the self of desirable elements from the world, a transfer of goodness from without to within.” WorldSelfActivityGoodnessElementsEatingDrinkingDrawingDesirableTransfersAssimilationEating And Drinking Author:Alain de Botton
“Two elements enter into successful and happy gatherings at table. The food, whether simple or elaborate, must be carefully prepared; willingly prepared; imaginatively prepared. And the guests - friends, family or strangers - must be conscious of their welcome.” TwoSimpleSuccessfulElementsEatingConsciousTablesCookingPreparedStrangerWelcomeMealsGuestsGatheringFamily Friends Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“We can choose to function at a lower level of awareness and simply exist, caring for our possessions, eating, drinking, sleeping and managing in the world as pawns of the elements, or we can soar to new and higher levels of awareness allowing ourselves to transcend our environment and literally create a world of our own - a world of real magic.” WorldRealSleepLevelsEnvironmentMagicAwarenessHigherElementsEatingFunctionDrinkingPossessionCaringAllowingSoarOur EnvironmentHigher LevelPawns Author:Wayne Dyer
“Naturally and logically, people who forage rather than herd domestic beasts and tend crops for a living - that is, people who depend utterly on wild as opposed to agriculture nature for their welfare - inevitably come to view themselves as merely an element of it all, one member of an egalitarian community, alternately eating and being eaten.” PeopleCommunityViewsDependsMembersElementsEatingWelfareBeastAgricultureCropsHerds Author:David Petersen