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Their Spiritual significance
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Conquest over the greed for food
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Dombeya wallichii (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex K. Schum. (Malvaceae; Alt. Sterculiaceae)
Dombea
Pink or white
Conquest over the greed for food
Greed for food has to be overcome, but it has not to be given too much thought. The proper attitude to food is a certain equality. Food is for the maintenance of the body and one should take enough for that - what the body needs; if one gives less the body feels the need and hankers; if you give more, then that is indulging the vital. As for particular foods the palate likes, the attitude of the mind and vital should be, "If I get, I take; if I don't get, I shall not mind." One should not think too much of food either to indulge or unduly to repress - that is the best.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga.-P.4
Too much eating makes the body material and heavy, eating too little makes it weak and nervous - one has to find the true harmony and balance between the body's need and the food taken.
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga.-P.4