Extremes Beget Extremes

 

Extremes beget Extremes 

Tamsic Foods Include: nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, aubergine), strong alliums (onions, garlic, leeks, chives), all forms of animal protein (meat, eggs, fish, dairy), as well as chemical substances like drugs, pharmaceuticals, and ultra-processed items. These substances introduce an overwhelming burden of tamas and rajas into the system, directly fueling mental imbalance and extreme attachment to transient phenomena. 

Extreme Humanity 

Never in the history of Homo sapiens (the wise human) have we seen such a widespread prevalence of nutritionally unbalanced individuals. Bodies are ravaged by extreme food substances and environmental pollutants. This imbalance pervades all races and genders, polluting both body and mind. Extremes beget extremes, leading to a lack of balanced decisions - everything is extreme. 

Humanity stands forever on the brink of conflict, driven by the most unbalanced individuals - the unwise politicians. These leaders are functionally diseased, their consciousness so clouded by internal imbalance that they cannot perceive consequences beyond the immediate moment. Blinded by their own nutritional and energetic state, they condemn us all to potential nuclear disasters, tragically forgetting that they too are mortal and subject to the very destruction they authorize. Virtually all of society is diseased, some more than others, but the politicians hold the power to the detriment of most sentient life. Their diseased followers only worsen the situation. Sadly, the rot has gone too far and for too long. Is world war, as the politicians believe, the only solution to re-balance the karma? 

The Political Illusion of External Correction 

This crisis is deepened by a fundamental lack of self-reflection among world leaders. Modern politicians consistently operate under the delusion that they can fix the external world without first addressing the chaos within themselves. This contradicts the foundational wisdom of the very traditions many claim to follow; for instance, Jesus taught the necessity of removing the plank from one's own eye before attempting to remove the speck from another’s. Yet, instead of adhering to these teachings of humility and internal purification, Western politicians in particular succumb to the extreme side of dualistic action. By ignoring their own energetic and nutritional imbalances, they propagate conflict as a primary tool, seeking to "correct" others through violence while their own internal state remains in total disarray. 

Negative Effects of Tamas Food on the Mind 

Tamas food, characterized by its ability to dull the mind and induce inertia, confusion, and disorientation, can have profound negative effects on mental well-being. This view delves into the detrimental impact of Tamsic foods on the mind, highlighting the importance of understanding and avoiding them for mental health. 

Tamsic Foods: A Source of Mental Turmoil 

Tamsic foods encompass animal flesh, garlic, onions, leeks, and chemically processed items that contribute to a state of mental stagnation and lethargy. Consuming such foods leads to a lack of mental clarity, increased confusion, and a sense of inertia that impedes cognitive function. Tamsic foods are foods of maximum attachment to phenomena, cementing the mind's bond to the material and fleeting world. 

Excessive Consumption and Disturbances 

Tamsic foods, when consumed excessively, can exacerbate disturbances associated with states of the mind, such as anxiety and restlessness. Overindulgence in Tamsic foods perpetuates a cycle of mental imbalance, hindering one's ability to maintain emotional stability and clarity of thought. 

The Violence of Extremes: Tamsic Diet, Disease, and the Mindset of War 

The fundamental principle of health and peace is balance. Any deviation from this equilibrium generates an extreme, and it is in the oscillation between these poles that all forms of conflict - be it internal disease or external war - take root. 

In the energetic fields of Yin and Yang, extremes are inherently interdependent: the more extreme the Yin one consumes, the more one is attracted to extreme Yang, and vice-versa. This is particularly evident in the highly Tamsic diet of the West. Extreme Yang foods, such as animal meat, fuel a craving for their Tamsic Yin counterpart, such as refined sugar. This constant cycling between nutritional opposites destabilizes the body, creating conditions for severe, systemic diseases like heart failure and cancer. The truth is that all diseases are nothing more than the physical body’s expression of inner extremes derived from a diet like white rice and other denatured produce. 

The Mindset of Destruction 

The destructive cycle is exacerbated by our approach to illness. Modern medical science, while powerful, often adopts a violent mindset that mirrors the approach to war. It fails to look at the etiological aspect - the underlying role of dietary and energetic extremes - and instead focuses solely on attacking the symptoms. The goal becomes the destruction of the disease's effects using powerful pharmaceutical chemicals, accepting severe side effects as a necessary cost of war. 

This symptom-attacking, destructive mentality is identical to the one that drives global conflict. In the decision-making chambers of peace and war, the extreme mind does not seek the underlying causes of conflict; it defaults to the most extreme conclusion and solution: attack and destroy the opposing side. Just as pharmaceuticals injure cells and cause side effects, war results in the catastrophic side effects of dead people. 

Ultimately, the mind that chooses extremes in diet is the same mind that chooses destruction in medicine and war. The mind that is fueled by Tamsic and Rajasic extremes will, by its very nature, make extreme decisions on conflict, ensuring that war is always the conclusion and solution. True health and peace, therefore, begin not with political treaties or medical treatments, but with the non-violent choice to cultivate balance and purity within the self. 

 

You can read more in the book Sacred Holistic Health.