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not, similarly these moral and ethical laws of the universe
affect us whether we believe in them or not.
They are like the law of gravity. One can certainly stand
on the top of a 10 story building and say, “I don’t believe
in gravity so I am going to jump.” Perhaps as one falls
through the sky, one temporarily thinks one has succeeded
in defying this pervasive law. Yet, inevitably, one will hit
the ground and one’s life breath will be immediately
whisked away.
Similarly, people may live lives full of greed, anger, lust,
arrogance, and disregard for their fellow humanity for
many years, thinking they are immune to these natural
laws which affect us all. However, eventually, they, too,
will hit the ground and be destroyed.
I remember once, when I was abroad, I saw a sign that
said, “Follow the rules and enjoy your stay.” It is like that
in life as well.
food, which means food that is fresh, easily digestible and
leads to health of the body and peace of the mind.
However, I am not going to talk about the intricacies of a
satvic diet. Rather, I am simply going to ask, “are you
vegetarian? Do you teach vegetarianism to your children?”
There is virtually nothing we can do to our bodies that is
more contrary to the yogic life than to eat meat.
How can we be true yogis, full of life, if our bodies are
graveyards for dead animals? How can we be at peace if
our food choices bring pain and suffering to others?
Additionally, one of the most important aspects of “yoga
for daily life” is honesty. How many of us consider ourselves
honest people? How many of us can say that we do not
tell lies? We would very much like to believe that we are
righteous, honest people and that we are passing these
values onto our children. Well, if we eat meat, we cannot
say that we do not tell lies. Here is why: if we wanted to be
honest and still eat meat, we would have to go outside,
chase down a live cow, and bite right into it. Or we would
have to go to one of those chicken “farms,” take the animal
while it was still alive, tear its head off, pull out its feathers
and eat it raw.
There are so many things we do, that perhaps we realize
are not right, but we do them anyway. We lie, we covet
things which are not ours: “Oh how I wish that beautiful
car were mine instead of his.” We harbor bad thoughts
about each other: “Oh if only he would fall sick, then I
Of course, we do not do that. Instead, we order a
could have his job.” We deny these to ourselves or we
hamburger. We cannot even call it what it is, let alone kill
rationalize them with excuses. However, if we are going
it ourselves. So, we call it beef, instead of cow. We call it
to live truly yogic lives then we must subject every area of
pork instead of pig. We call it poultry instead of chicken.
our life to scrutiny.
And we eat it packaged in neat, nice ways that allow us to
forget what we are eating. How many people stop and
For example, what we eat…is our diet in concert with a
think that the thing between the tomato and the bread on
yogic life? I know that people are learning a lot about satvic
a hamburger used to be a living, breathing creature? That
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