Thanks Roger! This is a huge myth out there. You have cheat days, moderation, and all other excuses people tell themselves. Then they believe it's okay for them not to do the right thing 100% of the time. But they miss out so much by not going all the way, and always get sucked back into the addiction. Be addicted to God and divinity, and you will have the strength to conquer all the other addictions of the world.
I know people struggle with cooked food addiction. But to excuse it by saying I'm just being moderate in all things gives you zero chance of overcoming cooked food addiction because you stop trying. It gives you an excuse to strengthen your addiction to something extremely unhealthy.
Had Yogananda ate like I teach now he might have been around to spread his wisdom another 50 or more years longer than he did.
I know if I applied the advice of moderation, that would have significant negative impacts, both spiritually and physically. I love Yogananda, but I cannot agree with his views of raw food or moderation. He definitely lived in a different time and place, where being a little overweight was socially considered a good thing in India. He also had to have a softer temperament to be more accepted by western devotees. Still not correct though. Now that we know how to live raw and nutrient complete, it really is the way to go. Cooked food is addictive, and does cause cellular damage, so eating it can't be right!
I have to agree. All things in moderation is technically somewhat loose advice. It would depend on what's included. Certainly synthetic food additives, for example, that are supposedly "moderation" in the currently dying world system hasn't worked too well for me.
Agreed, and shared! Raw vegan and vegan cooked for 17 years now, almost 18. More all raw period longer than ever these days. If I eat cooked its only brocoli or cauliflower basically in moderation at worst.
Thanks for sharing Owen. May I ask why you find the need or desire to eat cooked brocoli or cauliflower? Certainly both of those foods can be eaten raw. Funny how you use the term "in moderation".
I agree that "moderation" shouldn't be used as justification for bad habits.
But drinking a literal ton of water will kill you (supposing it would fit inside you), so I guess there should be a limit even to the good stuff, hence the need for some moderation.
Also, sometimes you need to compromise, so again you have to find your balance, weighing pros and cons.
However, one should never choose evil "in moderation", what is bad is something that must not be chosen. As for what is good... there is another saying that says "better can be the enemy of good", meaning that sometimes, while trying to find better, you lose the little good you have. Some good things you can never have too much of, such as love and wisdom, but other good things do require some moderation, like, for example, light is a good thing, it enables us to see, but too much light can be blinding.
So, if Yogananda was refering to moderation as a wider philosophy, he wasn't necessarily wrong, but regarding diet, you are absolutely right, "everything in moderation" is terrible advice, especially since the limits are not specified.
Good points Mario. Even good things can kill you if you get too much of them. Like water as you mentioned. But I know what Yogananda meant in this instance. He was referring to eating all raw foods as being a bad idea. That if you eat your natural frugiverous diet that was too extreme. Especially because he didn't understand that it was our natural diet.
Thanks Roger! This is a huge myth out there. You have cheat days, moderation, and all other excuses people tell themselves. Then they believe it's okay for them not to do the right thing 100% of the time. But they miss out so much by not going all the way, and always get sucked back into the addiction. Be addicted to God and divinity, and you will have the strength to conquer all the other addictions of the world.
Thanks for sharing your perspective Jake.
I know people struggle with cooked food addiction. But to excuse it by saying I'm just being moderate in all things gives you zero chance of overcoming cooked food addiction because you stop trying. It gives you an excuse to strengthen your addiction to something extremely unhealthy.
Had Yogananda ate like I teach now he might have been around to spread his wisdom another 50 or more years longer than he did.
I know if I applied the advice of moderation, that would have significant negative impacts, both spiritually and physically. I love Yogananda, but I cannot agree with his views of raw food or moderation. He definitely lived in a different time and place, where being a little overweight was socially considered a good thing in India. He also had to have a softer temperament to be more accepted by western devotees. Still not correct though. Now that we know how to live raw and nutrient complete, it really is the way to go. Cooked food is addictive, and does cause cellular damage, so eating it can't be right!
I have to agree. All things in moderation is technically somewhat loose advice. It would depend on what's included. Certainly synthetic food additives, for example, that are supposedly "moderation" in the currently dying world system hasn't worked too well for me.
Thank you Roger for your thoughts and reminders!
Agreed, and shared! Raw vegan and vegan cooked for 17 years now, almost 18. More all raw period longer than ever these days. If I eat cooked its only brocoli or cauliflower basically in moderation at worst.
Thanks for sharing Owen. May I ask why you find the need or desire to eat cooked brocoli or cauliflower? Certainly both of those foods can be eaten raw. Funny how you use the term "in moderation".
I agree that "moderation" shouldn't be used as justification for bad habits.
But drinking a literal ton of water will kill you (supposing it would fit inside you), so I guess there should be a limit even to the good stuff, hence the need for some moderation.
Also, sometimes you need to compromise, so again you have to find your balance, weighing pros and cons.
However, one should never choose evil "in moderation", what is bad is something that must not be chosen. As for what is good... there is another saying that says "better can be the enemy of good", meaning that sometimes, while trying to find better, you lose the little good you have. Some good things you can never have too much of, such as love and wisdom, but other good things do require some moderation, like, for example, light is a good thing, it enables us to see, but too much light can be blinding.
So, if Yogananda was refering to moderation as a wider philosophy, he wasn't necessarily wrong, but regarding diet, you are absolutely right, "everything in moderation" is terrible advice, especially since the limits are not specified.
Good points Mario. Even good things can kill you if you get too much of them. Like water as you mentioned. But I know what Yogananda meant in this instance. He was referring to eating all raw foods as being a bad idea. That if you eat your natural frugiverous diet that was too extreme. Especially because he didn't understand that it was our natural diet.