Biological Energy Developed from Food and from Other Sources

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People are not generally
consciously aware of the energy

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interchanges that take place to
fuel their bodies and drive

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their life energies.
They understand that they need

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to eat food as a form of fuel
for their energy, and they count

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calories that are produced by
various food sources.

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Clearly, the connection between
matter in the form of food and

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energy in the form of life
action and biochemical processes

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is recognized and accepted.
We also recognize that

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Einstein's famous equation about
the convertibility of matter and

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energy in physics also holds
true in the field of life.

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And for most people, the entire
subject of life energy comes

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down to food and various
stimulants.

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Stimulants provide an artificial
short term apparent energy boost

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not by bringing in new energy
sources, but by prodding the

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biochemical systems to over
produce compared to their

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natural status.
In fact, stimulants tend to

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eventually weaken the system by
using stored energy for short

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term requirements at the expense
of longer term balance, Wellness

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and harmonious functioning of
the body.

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Food, of course, has its
limitations as an energy source.

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There may be insufficient food
or it may be of poor quality

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where it may have offsetting
side effects depending on its

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composition and purity.
The ability to convert food into

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life energy also tends to weaken
over time as various organ

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systems reduce their efficiency
in action through wear and tear.

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Thus, we see the decline of the
bodily systems, eventual

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weakening of the organs and the
immune system, and the advent of

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disease, suffering, and eventual
death.

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There are other sources of
energy, and those who have

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figured out how to access and
utilize them can find ways to

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extend both the length of life
and the health and Wellness

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experienced during that time.
Certain yogic practices, and in

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particular hatha yoga and the
practices of pranayam, can

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dramatically benefit the body
both short and long term.

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Some individuals have learned
how to draw energy from others,

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and there are cases of
individuals being drained or

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exhausted after meeting with
such an individual.

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Those people tend to thrive at
the expense of others, but the

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only issue here being the fact
that energy sources other than

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material food actually exist.
Some people are energized by any

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subject that holds their
interest, by joyful or uplifting

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experiences, or through
emotional interactions of a

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positive nature.
This is actually part of a vital

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interchange that occurs all the
time, although mostly unnoticed.

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Spiritual practitioners also
frequently report the descent of

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a force coming down from above
the head and filling their being

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with force, light, or energy.
This represents yet another way

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that energy interchange can take
place other than through the use

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of food, the mother notes quote.
Some people don't know how to

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receive the forces at all.
These live on the energies

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concentrated in the body, for
there is some concentrated

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energy in all the cells of the
body.

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They live upon that, but after
some time they are drained out

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completely.
If they don't know how to

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recuperate, when they have spent
all the energies which were

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concentrated inside them, either
they fall I'll or they never

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recuperate them.
So this cannot last very long.

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It lasts the average lifetime of
human beings, and yet at the end

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of a certain number of years,
they are no longer able to make

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the same effort or to produce as
much, or as, above all, to make

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any progress.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter

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4, Cosmic and Universal Forces,
page 94.