Food – Way of Life: From “The Law of Nutrition” by Master Beinsa Douno (vegetarian), Part 1 of 2

The spiritual lineage of the Universal White Brotherhood was founded by Master Beinsa Douno, also known as Peter Konstantinov Deunov, of Bulgaria, in 1897. Master Beinsa Douno taught that the qualities of humility, obedience, honesty, goodness, intelligence and nobility are foremost in spiritual practice. He explained that one should walk the path of Love, Wisdom, and Truth. Master Beinsa Douno practiced and preached a vegetarian diet.

Today, we will learn about the significance of nutrition, and how food plays an essential role in our lives, while affecting us in all aspects of our being. We hope you will enjoy these selections from Master Beinsa Douno’s book “The Law of Nutrition.” “Most saints and adepts eat food, knowing how to draw out their nutritional juices. All the creatures, which have completed their development, use food which is more ethereal than fruit. This makes them eternal. Eating brings in death, through the discharge of the microbes. Each item of food must correspond to the development of a person.”

“The food people consume defines if they are going to be smart or stupid. This depends not only on you, but also on your parents, on your grandparents and predecessors. It depends also greatly on food, which your mothers and fathers had eaten, as well as the food of your predecessors. This is a whole science. The way one eats, defines what kind of a person he is mentally and spiritually. The process of eating is a sacred act, which should be treated with all due seriousness.” “God never helps people, who do not know how to eat, how to breathe or how to think. Eating is a force, which can bring you closer to God. The simplest teaching, which you may apply even now, is the teaching of proper eating. I advise all of you to get down to the teaching of nutrition, and not to think that you already have your pass to Heaven. If people want to be saved, they must start from the food. The new generation must be created out of fine matter.” “Education must start from eating. Eating is a Divine process. The entire mistake of Eve was that she did not know how to eat. She did not listen to the Lord, but listened to others, who advised her to eat the fruits of the forbidden tree.”

“The life which we may spend on Earth will be defined, according to the food of our mind, of our heart and of our bodies. All the diseases are born of our minds and our hearts. The stomach and soul get sick, because we give them bad food. If there is not enough light in one’s mind, neurasthenia is already at the threshold.”