simple food

pancake · 10-29-2011, 04:37 AM

I remember a text by 'Abdu'l-Bahá where he says that in order to stay healthy we should eat simple food. Well, we obviously need meals a little more complex than just a bowl of rice, but apparently there is a point it gets *too* complex.

I wonder how others deal with this. How do you live this teaching? For example, is there a maximum number of ingredients you put in one dish?

LordOfGoblins · 10-29-2011, 04:43 AM

Excellent question!!!
I have often more recently wondered the same thing. Perhaps he means Rice and meat is good. Or rice and veges. Its so hard to say. But then I like to go to DimSum which is all these kinds of meats in batter and sauces with some Gulan and it tastes so good. That is every now and again. So perhaps just keep it simple as often as you can...
But i would like some more input cos I dont know..

arthra · 10-29-2011, 06:00 AM

There's the Tablet to the Physician revealed by Baha'u'llah which advices us to use diet and food as healing:

PHYSICAL HEALING

Some rules for health, from a Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh.

O God! The Supreme Knower! The Ancient Tongue speaks that which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors.

O People, do not eat except when you are hungry. Do not drink after you have retired to sleep.

Exercise is good when the stomach is empty; it strengthens the muscles. When the stomach is full it is very harmful.

Do not neglect medical treatment, when it is necessary, but leave it off when the body is in good condition.

Do not take nourishment except when (the process of) digestion is completed.

Do not swallow until you have thoroughly masticated your food.

Treat disease first of all through diet, and refrain from medicine.

If you can find what you need for healing in a single herb do not use a compound medicine. Leave off medicine when the health is good, and use it in case of necessity.

If two diametrically opposite foods are put on the table do not mix them.

Be content with one of them. Take first the liquid food before partaking of solid food. The taking of food before that which you have already eaten is digested is dangerous....

When you have eaten walk a little that the food may settle.

That which is difficult to masticate is forbidden by the wise. Thus the Supreme Pen commands you.

A light meal in the morning is as a light to the body.

Avoid all harmful habits: they cause unhappiness in the world.

Search for the causes of disease. This saying is the conclusion of this utterance.

(Star of the West, vol. 13, no. 9, December 1922, p. 252)

In God must be our trust. There is no God but Him, the Healer, the Knower, the Helper.... Nothing in earth or heaven is outside the grasp of God.

O doctor! In treating the sick, first mention the name of God, the Possessor of the Day of Judgment, and then use what God hath destined for the healing of His creatures. By My Life! The doctor who has drunk from the Wine of My Love, his visit is healing, and his breath is mercy and hope. Cling to him for the welfare of the constitution. He is confirmed by God in his treatment.

(Star of the West, vol. 21, no. 5, August 1930, p. 160)

Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb)

10-29-2011, 04:37 AM	#1
pancake Junior Member Joined: Jul 2011 From: The Netherlands Posts: 7	simple food I remember a text by 'Abdu'l-Bahá where he says that in order to stay healthy we should eat simple food. Well, we obviously need meals a little more complex than just a bowl of rice, but apparently there is a point it gets too complex. I wonder how others deal with this. How do you live this teaching? For example, is there a maximum number of ingredients you put in one dish?

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10-29-2011, 04:43 AM	#2
LordOfGoblins Senior Member Joined: Dec 2010 From: Australia Posts: 1,329	Excellent question!!! I have often more recently wondered the same thing. Perhaps he means Rice and meat is good. Or rice and veges. Its so hard to say. But then I like to go to DimSum which is all these kinds of meats in batter and sauces with some Gulan and it tastes so good. That is every now and again. So perhaps just keep it simple as often as you can... But i would like some more input cos I dont know..

10-29-2011, 06:00 AM	#3
arthra Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: California Posts: 3,063	There's the Tablet to the Physician revealed by Baha'u'llah which advices us to use diet and food as healing: PHYSICAL HEALING Some rules for health, from a Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh. O God! The Supreme Knower! The Ancient Tongue speaks that which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry. Do not drink after you have retired to sleep. Exercise is good when the stomach is empty; it strengthens the muscles. When the stomach is full it is very harmful. Do not neglect medical treatment, when it is necessary, but leave it off when the body is in good condition. Do not take nourishment except when (the process of) digestion is completed. Do not swallow until you have thoroughly masticated your food. Treat disease first of all through diet, and refrain from medicine. If you can find what you need for healing in a single herb do not use a compound medicine. Leave off medicine when the health is good, and use it in case of necessity. If two diametrically opposite foods are put on the table do not mix them. Be content with one of them. Take first the liquid food before partaking of solid food. The taking of food before that which you have already eaten is digested is dangerous.... When you have eaten walk a little that the food may settle. That which is difficult to masticate is forbidden by the wise. Thus the Supreme Pen commands you. A light meal in the morning is as a light to the body. Avoid all harmful habits: they cause unhappiness in the world. Search for the causes of disease. This saying is the conclusion of this utterance. (Star of the West, vol. 13, no. 9, December 1922, p. 252) In God must be our trust. There is no God but Him, the Healer, the Knower, the Helper.... Nothing in earth or heaven is outside the grasp of God. O doctor! In treating the sick, first mention the name of God, the Possessor of the Day of Judgment, and then use what God hath destined for the healing of His creatures. By My Life! The doctor who has drunk from the Wine of My Love, his visit is healing, and his breath is mercy and hope. Cling to him for the welfare of the constitution. He is confirmed by God in his treatment. (Star of the West, vol. 21, no. 5, August 1930, p. 160) Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb)