The Yoga of nutrition
The master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, French philosopher and teacher of Bulgarian origin (1900-1986) went to France in 1937. One of the most striking aspects in the Master's books is the enormous variety of ways in which he presents the one central question of man and his growth in perfection. Whatever the question under discussion it is invariably dealt with in terms of how man can better understand himself and conduct his life. This book is not a dietary handbook; it has nothing to do with diet. The Master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov considers the way man thinks about the food more important than what, or how much, he eats. The Master lifts the act of eating onto the level of a mystical rite, a sacrament such as Holy Communion, the Last Supper, in all their spiritual significance. Even someone to whom the spiritual aspect is foreign cannot but understand as he reads that his thoughts and feelings, his way of considering his daily nourishment, are what lead him to the profound mysteries of the relationship between man and nature, the nature which nourishes him. If he deepens that relationship by extracting from the food the more subtle, finer elements, his entire being will then be able to unfold and flourish.