January 04 2020

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Pure Ahara Makes The Future Pure, Makes Your Past Also Pure || Ahimsa || Aparigraha|| Asteya || Deeksha Into Power Manifestation

Narration

The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam, His Divine Holiness, Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam, expounded on the Cosmic Principle Pure Ahara Not Only Makes The Future Pure, It Cleanses And Makes Your Past Also Pure during the everyday live public address - Nithyananda Satsang.

His Divine Holiness (HDH) explained about pure Ahara as one of the Fundamental Principles of Hinduism; that which not only purifies the future, but purifies the past too. The five principles Ahimsa, Aparigraha, Asteya, Brahmacharya and Satya along with the three Gunas - Rajas, Tamas, Satva were explained and the 14th Shloka of the Bhagavad Gita was read.

HDH concluded by giving Deeksha into Power Manifestation.

Transcription

Facebook Gist Date 04 January 2020

4 JANUARY 2019 - POWERFUL COGNITION

MESSAGE FROM PARAMASHIVA DIRECTLY FROM SHRIKAILASA: PURE AHARA NOT ONLY MAKES THE FUTURE PURE, IT CLEANSES AND MAKES YOUR PAST ALSO PURE.

ONCE AGAIN, HERE I AM AFFIRMING THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF HINDUISM. PURE AHARA NOT ONLY PURIFIES THE FUTURE, IT PURIFIES THE PAST TOO.

THE WORD ‘AHARA’ DOES NOT JUST MEAN THE FOOD YOU TAKE IN. ANYTHING YOU INFUSE INTO YOU, WHICH MAKES ANY FORM OF REACTION INSIDE YOU IS AHARA. IT MAY CREATE GOOD OR BAD REACTION - ANYTHING YOU TAKE IN IS ‘AHARA’. NOT JUST FOOD!

THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR, THE SMELL YOU SMELL, THE TASTE YOU TAKE IN, THE VISUALS YOU RECEIVE THROUGH THE EYES, THE WORDS AND IDEAS YOU RECEIVE THROUGH ALL THE FIVE SENSES - ALL THESE ARE ‘AHARA’.

AHIMSA, SATYA, ASTEYA, APARIGRAHA, BRAHMACHARYA - THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES ARE VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED TO ‘AHARA’. SOMETIME YOU CONSUME THE FOOD THAT AGITATES YOUR TONGUE, LIKE SPICY AND BURNING FOOD, YOU ENJOY THAT KIND OF HEAVY, SPICY, BURNING FOOD, KNOWING IT IS PLASTIC FOOD, MEANING FOOD-LIKE PRODUCT NOT FOOD BECAUSE IT IS ABLE TO STAY IN YOUR MEMORY STRONGLY AND MAKES YOU CRAVE FOR IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. WHEN YOU FEEL EMPTY INSIDE, YOU LIKE STRONG PATTERNS GETTING INTO YOU AND MAKING YOU FEEL CRAVING ABOUT SOMETHING; YOU ENJOY A PATTERN WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL CRAVING FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FEEL SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH LIFE. YOU FEEL OTHERWISE LIFE IS SO EMPTY.

THAT IS WHY I INSIST ON MIRRORING THE NEURON ACTIVITY OF PARAMASHIVA OR KAILASA ATLEAST ONCE IN YOUR BRAIN, MEANING GRASPING THE PRINCIPLES OF COSMOS ATLEAST ONCE IN YOUR BRAIN; THEN YOU WON’T FEEL BORED, YOU WON’T FEEL LEFT ALONE. ‘LIFE IS NOT EMPTY’ IS THE ABSOLUTE DELUSION AND FALSE IDEA WITH WHICH YOU ARE STUCK IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPLORED THE CONSCIOUS DIMENSION OF YOU.

IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPLORED THE ROMANCE DIMENSION, ONCE YOU EXPLORE IT, LIFE FEELS LITTLE A SPICY. ONCE YOU EXPLORE THE CONSCIOUS DIMENSION OF YOU, THE POSSIBILITIES AND POWERS, ABSOLUTE NIRVIKALPA STATE. WHEN I MEANT CONSCIOUS DIMENSION; STATE OF PARAMASHIVA, UNCLUTCHING. SPACE OF PARAMASHIVA, COMPLETION. BEING OF PARAMASHIVA, ABSOLUTE SHUDDADAVITA, POWERS, MANIFESTING POWERS AND SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS OF PARAMASHIVA.

EVEN IF YOU EXPLORE ANY ONE OF THESE FIVE DIMENSIONS, EVEN THE ROMANCE WILL LOOK TOO PALE. TILL YOU EXPLORE THE ROMANCE DIMENSION, THE MUNDANE LIFE YOU LIVED LOOKS PALE, BUT WHEN YOU EXPLORE CONSCIOUS DIMENSION, EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS PALE.

IF YOU PLUG YOUR BODY INTO 2-PHASE CURRENT, ONLY A FEW PARTS WILL FUNCTION. IF YOU PLUG IT INTO 3-PHASE CURRENT, A FEW MORE PARTS WILL BE FUNCTIONING. THESE 5 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ARE LIKE PLUGGING IT INTO 5-PHASE CURRENT; THE WHOLE BODY WILL BE CHARGED!

IN THOSE DAYS, THINGS WORKED WITH 2-PHASE CURRENT. WE HAD A FARMHOUSE IN MY CHILDHOOD WHERE ONLY 2-PHASE CURRENT WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEREAS IN OUR HOUSE, 3-PHASE CURRENT WILL BE AVAILABLE. SO THEY WILL PREPARE THE FOOD THROUGH ALL THE GRINDERS AND GADGETS USING THE 3-PHASE CURRENT IN THE HOUSE AND BRING THE FOOD ITEMS TO THE FARMHOUSE!

YOUR BODY CAN PERFORM TO ITS PEAK WHEN IT IS PLUGGED INTO THIS 5-PHASE CURRENT. THESE 5 PRINCIPLES ARE NEITHER VOWS NOR BONDAGES, THEY ARE EMPOWERING ENERGIES. IF YOU ARE EMPOWERED ONLY BY ASTEYA AND APARIGRAHA, YOU CAN MANIFEST ONLY A FEW POWERS. IF YOU EMPOWER YOURSELF WITH ALL THE 5-PHASE POWERS, YOU ARE EMPOWERED TO PERFORM EXTRAORDINARY POWERS AND POSSIBILITIES.

AHIMSA AND AHARA SHUDDHI, APARIGRAHA AND AHARA SHUDDHI, ASTEYA AND AHARA SHUDDHI. BRAHMACHARYA AND AHARA SHUDDHI, SATYA AND AHARA SHUDDHI. MAKE A TABLE WITH ALL THESE COMBINATIONS. THIS AND BUILDING YOUR FUTURE IS ONE AND THE SAME.

FOR THE NEXT ONE WEEK, I AM GOING TO HELP YOU PLAN AND PLANT YOUR FUTURE THIS WAY.

WHAT IS ASTEYA AND AHARA SHUDDHI? ASTEYA MEANS NON-STEALING. AHARA SHUDDHI MEANS ‘PURITY OF INTAKE’. YOU SHOULD NOT HYPNOTISE YOURSELF BY SAYING, “STEALING IS OK AND IT IS COMMON. ALL RICH PEOPLE WHO ARE ENJOYING LIFE ONLY ACHIEVED BY STEALING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,” YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW THAT KIND OF MATERIAL TO BE CONSUMING YOU.

THE MOMENT YOU OPEN THE TELEVISION OR PAPERS, AND YOU ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BOMBARDED BY “STEALING HERE, ROBBING THERE”, SUBTLY IT SETTLES IN YOU THAT “THIS IS COMMON”. IF YOU DON’T READ, YOU ARE UNINFORMED. BUT IF YOU READ NEWSPAPERS, YOU ARE MISINFORMED. DO NOT CONSUME AHARA WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL STEALING IS OK.

THINGS PROCURED WITH NON-INTEGRITY BRINGS THE FEAR OF LOSING THEM INSIDE YOU. WHEN YOU ARE HOOKED TO ASTEYA, NON-STEALING. THE KIND OF POWER YOU MANIFEST. THE FIRST POWER IS ‘LAKSHMI KRIPA’ - GRACE OF GODDESS LAKSHMI. FOREVER LAKSHMI WILL BE SHOWERING ON YOU. IF YOU TAKE THIS ONE VOW, “I WON’T EAT TILL I SHARE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MY VICINITY”, FOREVER ANNAPOORANI WILL BE WITH YOU! WITH THE GRACE, PERMISSION AND BLESSINGS OF ANNAPOORANI, I AM GIVING THIS AS A BOON TO ALL MY DISCIPLES. ANNAPOORANI WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER! MAHALAKSHMI WILL NOT ONLY BE JUST GIVING, BUT SHOWERING YOU WITH WEALTH.

I LEARNT THIS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER IN A SIMPLE WAY, “WITHOUT GIVING TO OTHERS, IF YOU EAT, YOU WILL GET STOMACH ACHE!” LATER I LEARNT, THIS IS A TRUTH! A POWERFUL TRUTH! I WILL MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN MY STREET AND IN MY NEXT STREET EAT BEFORE I EAT.

DON’T BE DELUDED, DELUSIVELY CONVINCED THAT STEALING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IS OK. WITH DELUSIVE INFORMATION CONSUMPTION STARTS DELUSION. READING THE NEWS ”PEOPLE ARE STEALING”, YOU SLOWLY START CHERISHING THE HEROIC SIDE OF THE THIEVES. THEN SLOWLY YOU ARE DELUDED AND YOU THINK YOU ARE STEALING FOR THE RIGHT REASON. YOU CANNOT STEAL EVEN FOR THE RIGHT REASON!

IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR BODY AS A BULLOCK CART, NO PROBLEM. IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR BODY AS A TRACTOR, PLUG INTO ANY ONE PHASE - BRAHMACHARYA, AHIMSA, ASTEYA, SATYA, APARIGRAHA. IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR BODY AS AN SUV VEHICLE, USE TWO-PHASE CURRENT. IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR BODY IN THE NEXT LEVEL AS AN AIRCRAFT, WITH HIGH SPEED, MORE POSSIBILITIES AND CAPABILITIES, YOU CAN USE THREE-PHASE CURRENT. IT CAN TAKE OFF FOR A FEW HUNDRED FEET AND LAND! THESE 5 POWERS ARE LIKE 5 PINS AVAILABLE FROM THE COSMOS, ANYTIME YOU CAN PLUG YOURSELF IN IT. DO YOU WANT TO PLUG YOURSELF INTO ANYONE OR FIVE IS UPTO YOU.

WHEN I WENT TO SRIRANGAM, THERE WERE 5 HOLES IN THE FLOOR ON THE STONE. THE STORY SAYS, IF YOU CAN PUT ALL YOUR FINGERS IN THE STONE AND YOU CAN SEE PARAMAPADA. JUST LIKE THOSE 5 HOLES, THIS 5-PHASE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS 5 POWERS. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SINGLE PHASE, DOUBLE PHASE OR 5 PHASE IS UPTO YOU. BUT EACH OF THIS IS NOT A VOW, IT IS A POWER!

SANYASIS SHOULD KNOW: LIVING ALL THESE 5 VOWS IS NOT VOWS, IT IS RECEIVING 5-PHASE CURRENT FROM THE COSMOS! I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A 5-PHASE PLUG NEXT TO YOUR BED, AND SEE.

LET US TAKE ASTEYA, NON STEALING. THE AHARA SHUDDHI FOR THIS IS: NOT GETTING DELUDED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT STEALING IS OK. FROM 2003, WHEN ABUSERS ATTACK AND HARASS, I TELL THE DEVOTEES, “STOP TAKING THE INFORMATION INSIDE.” DON’T THINK “I WILL TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION INSIDE, BUT I WON’T REACT’. IT IS WRONG! AHARA SHUDDHI MEANS NOT EVEN TAKING THE INFORMATION INSIDE!

THERE ARE THREE LEVELS:
YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION/ABUSE INSIDE AND YOU ALSO BELIEVE IT AND YOU BECOME THE LOSER; YOU LOSE THE GURU.
SECOND, YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION INSIDE AND DON’T REACT.
BUT THE BEST IS, NOT EVEN TAKING THEM INSIDE! BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU TAKE THEM INSIDE AND NOT REACT EXTERNALLY, UNDERSTAND, ALREADY THE REACTION HAS HAPPENED INSIDE, SO YOU HAVE STARTED THE SUFFERING INSIDE. AS A RESULT, THERE WILL BE TOO MUCH SUPPRESSION.

FOOLS GET BRAINWASHED BY ABUSERS. A DECENT LOGICAL THINKER DOESN’T REACT TO ABUSERS. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE DON’T EVEN ALLOW ABUSERS SHIT INSIDE THEM. WHY DO YOU WANT TO EAT THEIR SHIT AND THEN STRUGGLE THINKING IF YOU SHOULD SEND IT OUT THROUGH DIARRHEA OR VOMITING.

AHARA SHUDDHI FOR AHIMSA IS: DON’T EVEN ALLOW ABUSERS WORDS AND IDEAS, ANYTHING THEY UTTER, INSIDE YOUR SYSTEM. IGNORE AND MOVE IT OUT.

I DON’T HAVE TIME TO HATE PEOPLE WHO HATE ME. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO BE SARCASTIC TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SARCASTIC TO ME. I HAVE TIME TO LOVE PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME. I HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME. PARAMASHIVA HAS GIVEN HIS OWN SPACE TO ME. HIS OWN SHYAMALA PEETA SARVAJNA PEETHA, HIS OWN KAILASA TO ME. WHY WASTE TIME IN THE PEOPLE WHO HATE YOU? IF YOU ARE FIGHTING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HATE YOU, YOU ARE LIVING IN HELL. IF YOU ARE SARCASTIC WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SARCASTIC TO YOU, YOU ARE LOOSU. IF YOU ARE LOVING THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU, YOU ARE IN HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE INTENSELY WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTEGRATED TO YOU, YOU ARE IN KAILASA.

I TELL THE TEAM WHO IS BRINGING AND PRESENTING FACEBOOK POSTS TO ME FOR MY INPUT. I AM CLEAR: BRING ONLY THOSE POSTS WHERE THE DISPLAY PHOTO IS THE KAILASA FLAG; BRING THEIR COMMENTS AND POSTS TO ME, I WILL GIVE MY INPUT. OTHERWISE, WHY WASTE TIME?

THE HOUSE YOU ARE STAYING, SAFEGUARD THAT NO STEALING CAN HAPPEN. THEN, STOP READING ALL THE NEWS ON BURGLARY. THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE FOR ‘AHARA SHUDDHI FOR ASTEYA’.

BY PARAMASHIVA’S GRACE AND PROTECTION, I AM SAFE, SANGA IS SAFE. SO WHAT IS THE NEED OF READING ABUSES? I DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. FOLLOW THIS SAME PRINCIPLE.

THE NEXT IS AHIMSA (NON-VIOLENCE). IF YOU EAT THE SHIT OF ABUSERS, NON-VIOLENCE IS POSSIBLE BUT IT IS DIFFICULT. YOU NEED TO BRING YOURSELF TO SPACE OF COMPLETION AND POWERFUL COGNITION TO BRING YOURSELF UP AGAIN. WHY WASTE TIME! THE MOMENT YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS AN ABUSER, JUST UNFRIEND AND MOVE THEM AWAY.
OUR GOAL OF LIFE IS ENLIGHTENMENT, KAILASA. YOUR GOAL OF LIFE IS NOT INVESTIGATING ABOUT ME; INVESTIGATE ABOUT WHAT I AM OFFERING TO YOU, STRENGTHEN AND RAISE YOURSELF.

I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL. IF YOU THINK YOU WILL INVESTIGATE ME AND THEN START MOVING TOWARDS KAILASA, YOU WILL NOT MOVE ANYWHERE EVEN IF YOU LEAVE THE BODY. I WILL BE BACK AND SITTING IN KAILASA BUT YOU WOULDN’T HAVE STOPPED YOUR INVESTIGATION!

BETTER DETOX YOURSELF AND START DOING THE RIGHT THING IN LIFE, RAISING YOURSELF TO KAILASA IF YOU HAVE EATEN THE ABUSERS SHIT. INVESTIGATING ME IS AN UNENDING PROCESS. IT WILL NOT END EVEN AFTER I LEAVE THE BODY. UNDERSTAND CLEARLY, AS FAR AS AHIMSA IS CONCERNED,THE AHARA SHUDDHI IS NOT EVEN ‘ALLOWING’ THE SHIT TO ENTER INTO YOUR BEING.

FROM THE CHANDOGHYA UPANISHAD, “WHEN WHAT IS TAKEN INSIDE FROM ALL THE SENSES IS PURE, THE INNER SPACE IS PURE.” YOU HAVE THREE GUNAS, PHYSICAL MATTER IN YOU - RAJAS, TAMAS, SATVA. SATVA COMPONENT BECOMES PURE AND MORE ACTIVE IF THE INTAKE IS PURE. THE THREE GUNAS ARE NOT MENTAL, THEY ARE PHYSICAL MATTER IN YOU.

IF YOU TAKE IN THE INFORMATION: “NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD IS COMMON, IT IS OK,” IT IS DELUSION. REMEMBER, ANYTHING WHICH CAN SUFFER, SHOULD NOT BE KILLED FOR YOUR FOOD. EVEN FOR MILK, THE COWS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH A LOT OF RESPECT AND DEVOTION. DRINK MILK ONLY FROM SUCH GOSHALAS. SRI PRANAVA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF NOT ONLY DOING GO-PUJA, BUT BRINGING THAT HIGH QUALITY SPIRIT IN OUR GOSHALAS. I WANT ALL THE IN-CHARGES OF OUR GOSHALAS ALL OVER THE WORLD, TO READ THE AGAMAS AND UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT.

AHIMSA IS A POWER! YOU WILL MANIFEST EXTRAORDINARY POWER IN YOU. ALL ENMITY MELTS. PATANJALI SAYS, “A MAN WHO IS EMPOWERED BY AHIMSA, ENMITY JUST MELTS DOWN IN HIM.”

ONCE AGAIN, I AM AFFIRMING THE ULTIMATE REALITIES OF HINDUISM. DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE BRAINWASHED OR DELUDED BY THE LARGE QUANTITY OF INFORMATION, THAT ‘VIOLENCE IS OK’! NO! VIOLENCE IS NOT OK! HIMSA IS NOT OK!

EVEN IF YOU START SEEING THE LARGE QUANTITY OF ABUSIVE MATERIAL, IT IS NOT OK! CONSUMING NOR ABUSING IS OK! LARGE QUANTITY DOES NOT JUSTIFY, DOES NOT BRING LEGITIMACY TO ITS EXISTENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH ITS LARGE QUANTITY, YOU THINK IT IS LEGITIMATE. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO ALLOW ANY ABUSERS NEAR YOU, NOT EVEN REMEMBER THEM OR SEE THEM BY MISTAKE, NOT EVEN SEE THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS, NOT ALLOW ANY MATERIAL FROM THEM INTO YOU, THEN I GIVE YOU THE BOON OF UNBROKEN FEELING CONNECTION!

WHEN YOU LOSE THE HIGHER POSSIBILITY SPACE, YOU DROP AND FALL INTO THE ABUSERS SHIT-LIKE SPACE. AND NATURALLY, THEY WILL GRAVITATE YOU TOWARDS THEM. ONLY WHEN YOU DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING FROM THEM, YOU WILL LEVITATE TOWARDS KAILASA. SAVE YOURSELF FROM THE BRAINWASHING OF ABUSERS.

NON-HINDUS ABUSING MANDALAS AND JNANANJANA, I CAN SAY IT IS OK, IT IS A CULTURAL DIFFERENCE! BUT HINDUS ABUSING THE MANDALAS AND JNANANJANA WHICH ARE MADE AS PER AGAMA, IS JUST BAD KARMA, BECAUSE MANDALAS ARE DIRECTLY DEITIES. I AM USING 15 PANCHADASI SYLLABLES TO ENERGISE THE SRI CHAKRA. BE CLEAR, YOU ARE GETTING ENOUGH BAD KARMA OF ABUSING GODS AND DEITIES AND DESTROYING YOURSELF. ANYONE ABUSING JNANANJANA IS DIRECTLY ABUSING PARAMASHIVA’S THIRD EYE. EVERYTHING I HAVE GIVEN IS AS PER THE VEDA-AGAMIC TRADITION. ALL THE POWERS I EXPRESS OR MY DEVOTEES EXPRESS ARE AS PER VEDA-AGAMIC TRADITION!

THERE IS A VERSE FROM MANUSMRITI, 5TH CHAPTER, 51ST SHLOKA: HE WHO PERMITS, CUTS IT UP, HE WHO KILLS, HE WHO BUYS AND SELLS IT, HE WHO COOKS, HE WHO SERVES, HE WHO EATS - ALL OF THEM ARE INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERED AS SLAYER OF THE ANIMAL.

IN EVERY LEVEL, AHARA SHUDDHI MATTERS. LET US CLEAN UP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE KAILASA AS THE COVER PHOTO, THE TEAM WILL BRING YOUR MESSAGES TO ME AND I WILL RESPOND. KAILAASA.ORG/SOCIALMEDIA

THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS:
KEEP KAILASA AS THE COVER PHOTO. YOUR POSTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO ME AND I WILL RESPOND, 2 KIDS - ONE TO RELATE WITH ME, ANOTHER FOR YOUR OTHER LIFE, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, YOU CAN UNFRIEND AND MOVE ON. NO PROBLEM. BE BLISSFUL.

I BROUGHT THE BHAGAVAD GITA TO READ THE 14TH SHLOKA FROM THE 3RD CHAPTER FOR ALL OF YOU:
अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भव: |
यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञ: कर्मसमुद्भव: || 14||

annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ
yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ

TRANSLATION: ALL LIVING BEINGS SUBSIST ON FOOD, AND FOOD IS PRODUCED BY RAINS. RAINS COME FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF SACRIFICE, AND SACRIFICE IS PRODUCED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESCRIBED DUTIES.

EVEN THE RAIN SHOULD BE BROUGHT WITH POWERFUL POSITIVE COGNITIONS SO THE FOOD ITSELF IS FILLED WITH POWERFUL COGNITION. THEN IT BECOMES PURE FOOD AND GOES INTO YOU AND MANIFESTS AS POWERS.