bob_brigante wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "george_deforest"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Dr Pete wrote:
>>> Vaj is making quite a funny when he writes
>>> Axis II TM/TMSP Practioner disorder.
>>> Symptoms include: A paranoid dislike of onions and garlic
>>>
>>> Bob Brigante wrote:
>>> My guess is that celibates are recommended a diet
>>> free of garlic/onions, but for householders,
>>> it does not make much difference.
>>>
>
>
>
>> MAPI discusses the issue of bad foods, under the heading
>> of "behavioural rasayana"
>>
>>
>>
> http://www.mapi.com/en/newsletters/ayurvedic_behavioral_rasayanas.html
>
>
>> "Tamasic foods are the opposite of saatvic - they break down
>> the coordination between mind and body and inhibit the experience
>> of pure consciousness. They create darkness rather than light.
>>
>> "Tamasic foods include alcohol, garlic, onions, red meat,
>> leftovers, and packaged foods, which have little life force.
>>
>> "Anyone who wishes to practice Achara (Behavioural) Rasayana
>> should avoid them."
>>
>>
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>
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>
> An interesting contradiction, since MAPI sells Garlic Ghee, and
> publishes recipes that list garlic and onions as ingredients. I
> believe mushrooms also used to be on the "tamasic" list -- I wonder
> why they don't list them here? Maybe because one type of mushroom
> (Cordyceps) is now being recommended?
Onion and garlic are pungent and therefore useful for balancing kapha.
Each too much sattvic foods and you will probably wind up with a vata
imbalance and be a space case.
