Question: How Do The Animal Qualities That...

Question: How do the animal qualities that we get from meat actually affect us? What is the process?

Sri Chinmoy: Inside us there are always some negative forces. When negative forces from the outer world—restlessness, wrong thoughts and emotional urges—enter into us, immediately the unlit emotion that we already have in the lower vital comes to the fore and responds to the wrong forces that have entered into us. Then the negative forces that are inside and the wrong forces that are coming from the outside join together and we become their victim.

Restlessness, negative forces, vital forces have their root in the navel. When we concentrate on the navel for five minutes, our will becomes powerful and direct like an arrow, and the wrong forces come under our control. They see the power of our concentration: they see that we are going to cut them asunder if they create any problems. If we can keep the wrong forces that are already inside us under control, then the forces that come from eating meat will not be able to cause restlessness.