Can Food Hinder Spiritual Development? | How Diet Affects Perception

Main subjects

OMOlya (meditation channel participant)AVAlexander VolchekHealth, rest, and lifestyleSpiritual development and the spiritual pathHealthSpirit

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:00Where to begin studying the effects of diet
• 05:45What affects the body before food: air and water
• 10:45A spiritual perception of diet
• 15:46A spiritual approach: where to begin understanding diet
• 19:40The first step in studying diet's effects on spiritual perception

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• 02:28

  By then, I already had fairly strict standards about many foods.

  Alexander Volchek

• 03:19

  It is interesting: because of my way of life, I visit restaurants fairly often, and their forms ask, “What restrictions or allergies do you have?” Very often, for example, the word “sugar” is missing.

  Alexander Volchek

• 06:57

  He was simply a doctor, but with quite a broad range of expertise, or a broad way of seeing things. It made a strong impression on my understanding of cause and effect.

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 07:48

  For example, eating in restaurants is generally very difficult for me, so I take it calmly and often lower my requirements.

  Alexander Volchekcause

• 08:44

  Ever since I was young, it bothered me when you arrived somewhere and people said, “We have our own drilled well, good water,” or, “Water from a well.”

  Alexander Volchek

• 09:37

  It always sounds wonderful: “This milk comes from an old woman in the village, straight from a cow,” or, “This honey is from my own land.”

  Alexander Volchek

• 12:19

  He was so confident, without asking how I perceived any of these things, that I thought: perhaps in three months he will decide that you should not eat meat.

  Alexander Volchek

• 13:17

  I once saw a video in which Sadhguru was sitting with someone. They had bought strawberries or raspberries, something like that, and put them out.

  Alexander Volchek

• 14:10

  He said something interesting: if something is banned from being brought into the country, do not speculate about why. Read about the reasons and consequences.

  Alexander Volchekprinciple

• 16:57

  When I say doctors should be put in prison, I mean many of them, certainly not all.

  Alexander Volchekprinciple