The three modes are basically described as goodness, passion and ignorance. The mode of goodness has a good effect on us. So when we’re under the influence of the mode of goodness, we eat differently, we eat foods in the mode of goodness. We are attracted to mode of goodness lifestyles. We are attracted to quiet, nature is very attractive. We...
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So let’s look at the places we will find these different modes. One obvious place is food. Believe it or not, what we eat affects us. It’s amazing how many people don’t think what they eat and how they are is related. One person recently told me she was diagnosed with cancer, and she asked her doctor, “Well, what diet should I follow?” Of...
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Time of a day: different times of the day are in the different modes. All this is designed by Krishna. This is not an accidental thing. This all designed to work in a certain way for our benefit. So as I say, different times of day are under the influence of different modes. So early mornings, from 4 o’clock to we’ll say 7 o’clock, often...
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Oh, I didn’t talk about food in the mode of passion. Foods in the mode of passion are very hot foods, spicy foods, agitating foods, garlic, onions; they increase the passion. And foods in the mode of ignorance are old foods, fermented foods, all meat, eggs, fish – these are foods in the mode of ignorance. If we eat those foods, we have their...
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Another statistics: 70% of diseases are caused by lifestyle choices. 70%. We choose that disease basically because we choose this lifestyle and this is the result. So the yoga lifestyle is another choice. The bhakti-yoga lifestyle is another choice. Do we want to make that choice? Any little bit we make in that direction is a lot. So especially in...
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