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Originally Posted by Realview
If you put your hands together, palms touching, left down, right up and then separate your palms keeping your fingers together you have the basic appearance of the chakra. Some foods strengthen the lower part of the chakra and draw energy down which supports some physical strength. Other foods strengthen the upper part and draw energy upwards facilitating spiritual strength. Onions and Garlic support the lower part of the chakra and the downward flow (aphrodisiac) tendency ie spiritual degraded/degenerating. Onion and Garlic are in most canned and prepared foods just as soy is in most foods today. Unfermented soy being a slow acting poison not to mention today in the US it is 80 genetically modified. So you see, just another element of the "Global conspiracy at work".
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Yes exactly and basically:
In Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma and Jainism) there are three categories of food:
1.Raajasic food
2.Taamasic food
3.Saatvic food.
For those spiritually inclined, devoted to prayer, meditation, enlightenment, priests/esses etc they avoid food groups 2 and 3 such as garlic and onions as they 'block the higher channels' to enlightenment and 'God'.
That is not to say that the lower foods are bad for your body - but they are apparantly bad for the mind/soul. Groups 2 and 3 foods create and support 'negative energy' and feelings such as depression, lust, hatred etc and feed the body too sensually e.g. smell. It basically isn't conducive to pure mind and consciousnous hence during pujas, ceremonies and pious periods etc certain foods like mustard seeds are not eaten.
Those not on the spiritual path can eat them (but of course vegetarianism is a minimum requirement), they are not bad for the body in moderation and in medicine.