📌 Plants are the selfless sustainers of this universe. For example, the life of a Mango exists in its embryo(seed). It’s fleshy part has cosmic consciousness, not body consciousness. When we do SMS meditation, we are absorbed in the cosmic consciousness and unaware of what is happening in our body. Ants, flies and mosquitoes may come and sit on our body without us noticing it. We might not even feel a snake bite. We become aware of these things once we return back to body consciousness. Vegetables and fruits exist in cosmic consciousness and do not experience pain. A mango tree will sprout from its seed wherever it lands, without caring who ate the actual fruit. It is selfless and it provides food to birds, worms and humans alike. This selfless nature of plants is how food reaches us and becomes a part of us. They have soft memory and constantly communicate with the universe, receive knowledge and follows the cosmic dharma. We need to develop soft memory as well. The plants we eat are already on their journey to entering the next level, completing their life purpose through us.
📌 There is life and consciousness in the wood of a tree, giving it body consciousness.
So when they are cut, they feel pain just like us. However, plants have a higher purpose and they know when we are planning to cut them, because unlike us, they are always connected to the universe. The moment a tree knows that it is going to be cut, it selflessly transmits all circulated knowledge to nearby vegetation before falling. By sacrificing themselves for our selfish needs, they make their existence noble. This is why anything made out of such wood does not bring us any happiness.
There used to be a tradition of asking permission from the tree and cutting it only for our needs and not wants. To do this, we need to understand the language of the universe. This way, we could cut down a tree without completely destroying it and see it sprouting from the remaining part.
📌 In Ayurveda, our sages had a way of asking for permission from the plants considering the right time and period when picking them for medicinal purposes. When we start living in harmony with the universe, we will understand the thoughts and feelings of all creatures in this universe in the same scope and depth.
📌 Now, you may have questions about eating cereals and pulses. Every life has its own goals and the food we eat ultimately reaching the next level of life through us. To truly understand this, we need to eliminate our complicated memory and live according to the cosmic dharma. Then the universe will bring in front of us, only foods that are fit for us to eat.
Unlike what we have been conditioned to believe, we don’t need countless things to live. Once we activate our subtle body, we can live solely by receiving energy and immunity directly from the universe. The universe itself will tell us what to eat and what not to eat, leaving no room for questions or doubts.
