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to reach the Destination, as many of the seers in our system did. There are ways and ways converging towards the Ultimate goal, which we have been putting across in our system. There are external forces too, helping us to the Destination, if properly guided. The eastern thinkers have taken special regard of the question of food. It should be cooked neatly and cleanly in a proper manner. That is the hygienic point. But if it is sattvik and is cooked in constant remembrance of God, its effect will be surprising, and if it is taken meditating all the while on the Master, the Divine thought will cure all kinds of spiritual diseases and remove things which hinder our progress. In Hindu tradition, it is profound in this regard. ANNAM P ARA BRAHMA SW ARUP AM. Anna, the food, is Divinity. Everybody knows it because by this we are going to live. Not only by the consciousness of Rev. Babuji Maharaj we live but also by the physical form of His expression namely by food also we live. But let this not be earned by foul, unfair, inhuman and adulterated means; because the Divinity has willed that we can earn what we want in a very natural way; honest and pious earnings. Many times we resort to base means to enhance and accumulate our earnings. Such thoughts pollute the food we earn by foul means. We are not talking of physical pollution; here it is mental pollution. The latter is more damaging and is much\u000A110\u000A