Don’t stand and eat

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But, if you sit with food, but with legs open - like many people are standing and eating. If you stand and eat, there are many negativities to this. Because, you must understand, the longing for food is not just in your mouth. Entire body is longing for it, entire body.

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Don’t stand and eat

The following is an unedited transcript of Sadhguru's video. For better readability, breaks and highlights have been added by the editors.

Even food, I’m telling you. If you sit in front of food – one advantage you have is, there is a table between you and the lower parts of your body. But, if you sit with food, but with legs open – like many people are standing and eating. If you stand and eat, there are many negativities to this. Because, you must understand, the longing for food is not just in your mouth. Entire body is longing for it, entire body. Well, people will say – oh, there is nothing scientific about it. Is my navel longing for food, is my genitals longing for food! Yes – it is. You may not understand, every part of the body is longing for food. But it must go through ‘this’ [mouth] route, isn’t it? Hello!

If you stand and eat, there are many negativities to this

Similarly there are other kinds of longings in our body. They must go through the right route. Then only life works out in a certain way. Otherwise you will distort life. So, keeping your legs crossed whenever you see a powerful form, is a very important thing. And, also food – food is a very powerful thing. Hello! If you’ve not eaten for 3 days, you understand it’s a very powerful thing, isn’t it? Hello! It is a very powerful thing. And, you will see if you have not eaten for 3-5 days, every cell in the body will long for food. Now, if you place food here [in front of you], it’s not just here [mouth] mouth waters, everything. So, it’s important that your legs are crossed, when food comes in front of you.

But you have found another way – shielding yourself with a table. Alright, if that is working for you. But, if you are having food, you are very hungry, and food is exposed to the entire body – this is not good for you. This goes for food, because we consider food as a very powerful instrument. Consecrated objects. And human beings who are of a certain power within themselves. You never open your legs and sit like this, in front of them. Because that will bring a wrong kind of energy into your system.

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