Sadhaka: Pardon me for asking again for some examples.

Sai: All living beings exist because of food. According to the scriptures (Sastras), food is of three kinds - Sathvik (promoting peace and harmony), Rajasik (promoting passions and emotions, activities and adventures), and Tamasik (promoting sloth and dullness). One has to choose one's food with discrimination and control and limit its intake. Then, food will be health-giving medicine. If, on the other hand, food is consumed indiscriminately and beyond limit, it produces illness and causes grief and pain. It assumed a fearful role.

This fact is made clear in the Vedas by the probe into the word 'Anna'. The word Anna has as its root, Ad, which means 'eating'. That which is eaten by living beings and at the same time, it eats the person who eats: food is both beneficent and maleficent.

The Rshis (sages) Atharva and Agniras who visualised the manthras of this Veda have recognised this twin nature of both God and Creation. They appear mild and terrible, in accordance with the credentials of the experiencer. But, in total effect and in a deeper sense, these manthras are intended to reveal the Atma and promote the peace and prosperity of humanity.