Spiritual Initiatives: Chemicals in Daily Life

[saidevo]

Why is the principle of vibration important to our life?

 

One of the answers is provided by the chemicals we use in our

daily life, for maintaining the exterior of our physical body...

 

Gone are the days when as a boy I used a toothpowder that my

grandfather gave me. Made from a mixture of burnt paddy husk,

salt, lemon juice and clove oil, it was heavenly, and kept

my teeth sparkling white.

 

Today, I won't settle for anything less than a fluoride-based

toothpaste. Companies making gel-based toothpaste compete with

those making fluoride-based toothpaste. Each company claims

its own product to be superior to the other's. And the same

company makes both kinds of toothpastes, to be on the safe side!

Truth decays in the spate of advertisements, and my teeth are

far from sparkling white, but they at least remain.

 

My grandfather today is ninety-eight, has only a few teeth though.

He has never used a toothpaste or toothbrush all along. My fear

today is that the toothpaste companies would have claimed all

my teeth by the time I reach three scores of age! Of course,

I can have the dentures, and forget all about taste.

 

In those days we used brick-sized, rock-hard Lifebuoy toilet soaps

cut into four, and sesame (gingili) oil, washed away with shikaikai

powder for a head-bath. We used sandal powder and paste for perfume.

Our bodies were clean with the skin shining.

 

Today, my cosmetic habits force me to choose deluxe soaps,

shampoos, shaving creams to keep by body clean and tidy.

And body talc, face-powder and face-creams to perfume my face

and body. My body, of course, remains clean and fragrant,

but the skin has lost its natural shine.

 

I wouldn't venture to say much on the cosmetic habits of women,

except only this: they have long back turned their faces and backs

on turmeric, sandal paste, kunkumam and shikaikai. Today they make

themselves up with clever cosmetic contrivances that make the old

look younger and the younger look older! Okay, okay, I hold up a

white flag. For, we can't survive without women, and women can't

survive without cosmetics.

 

We used coconut-oil-based Khadi bar-soaps for washing clothes.

Washed by beating against a rough stone, and dried in the hot

sun, our clothes were immaculate and sparkling.

 

Today, I use detergent powder and cakes, and wash clothes in a

dryer-attached washing machine. My clothes dry in the dark and

my body, already adorned with cosmetics, happily accepts them.

 

The chemicals we use unwittingly in our daily life, keep only

the exterior of the physical body clean and fragrant. The interior

suffers a heavy damage, as it gets built up with grosser matter

that cannot receive higher spiritual vibrations.

 

Even more damage is done to the astral body, as it contains

duplicated astral matter for the physical matter. Turning muddier

and muddier, the astral body becomes more bound to the physical

body and physical world. It loses its sensitivity to higher rates

of vibration, which delays the spiritual progress.

 

Karma and rebirth are increasingly being accepted in the New Age,

by every religion. If this is the case, is it not time for me

to think about a cleaner life today for a better rebirth tomorrow?

 

Regards,

saidevo

 

Note For those who aren't familiar:

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Human constitution, like the seven planes of nature, is septenary.

In other words, we have seven bodies or vehicles of consciousness.

The three higher vehicles are permanent in nature. They are

the Atma, Buddhi and Manas. The four lower vehicles that are

transitory in nature are the physical body, etheric-double,

astral body and the animal soul (kama-rupa).

[UncleAl]

Why is the principle of vibration important to our life?

Uncle Al stands by his original valuation of this poster - all buns, no meat, richly garnished with bunko.

 

Hind gut fermenter, "GOD!"

Uncle Al, "Dentistry."

 

Be your own cause.

[Turtle]

Uncle Al stands by his original valuation of this poster - all buns, no meat, richly garnished with bunko.

 

Hind gut fermenter, "GOD!"

Uncle Al, "Dentistry."

 

Be your own cause.

___By this we see your affinity for buns & garnish.

___Whether or not saidevo's post has meat, it does have protein. It is never wrong to reflect on one's condition in search of ways to improve it.

:shrug:

[infamous]

__ It is never wrong to reflect on one's condition in search of ways to improve it.

:shrug:

Beautifully said Turtle, is this your own personal quote? If it is, you should get very high marks for it, High marks indeed.

[Turtle]

Beautifully said Turtle, is this your own personal quote? If it is, you should get very high marks for it, High marks indeed.

___How kind of you to say Infamous. I did construct it, yes. I faced some trepidation on using "never", but now on your authority I see it is approved. :shrug: