Principles of Good Digestion

carbonization in an engine, congestion in the body is due to indigestion and results in many symptoms and ills. Stagnation invites fermentation and breeds bacteria.

The mood that we are in when we partake of food and drink has a great bearing on the digestive system. The best food is indigestible if taken when one is in a state of anger, tension or too much excitement. At such times it is advisable to partake of warm liquids only. Of course, the best remedy is not to get into such a state in the first place; but if and when it does happen, we only add insult to injury by loading the stomach with a heavy meal.

Results in health or the reactions of indigestion, which can be checked at various body points - even pains in the hands, arms, shoulders and feet, as well as the local discomfort over the stomach and liver and intestines - tell a real story that cannot be denied. Causes produce effects, and symptoms of pain so often are caused by indigestion. Removing the real cause of distress will cure the ailment and the symptoms.

PHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS: The flow of the "prana" currents in the body is the same as the energy of the sun acting in Nature as a whole and is needed by every cell for its function and life in the human body. This "prana" function is the real physiology, because it supports all sensory and motor functions in the body. "Prana" is the river of life, as the vital current of the body, in its five-fold action. It is the distributor of the Life Force (the vibratory sound current from the Anahad Shabd [Anhad Shabad],^* the non-vibratory Sound, the Tree of Life) throughout the body.

The "tattwas" [tattvas] (elements of earth, water, fire or warmth, air and ether) are the fields and structural tissues of anatomy. They support the "life winds" of "prana" that flow through

* Anahad Shabd [Anhad Shabad]: Also called in Western traditions "The Lost Chord," "The Word of God," or the Logos.