All living beings feed upon food, and, when they die, food feeds upon them.” (Taittiriya Upanishad 2:2:1) Those who adore food as Brahman achieve all material objects. It is therefore said that food is to be the remedy for all diseases of the body. Food is an essential element of all living beings. “From food, all creatures are born, live upon food and after death return to food. Importance of Food in physical and mental level Thoughts and feelings are food, and all life-experiences are food. Human nature is the reflection of the food intake. Food is not only working on the physical level but also on the mental level. The survival of human beings mostly depends on food intake. Then living beings (Purusha) are manifested food leads living beings to not survive without the former. From this earth vegetation (aushadaya) grows, and this vegetation produces food (anna).
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These significant elements are described as the five sense organs’ idols as under Akasa in the ears air in the skin fire in the eyes water in the tongue and earth in the nose. Then from water comes earth – Prithvi, the grossest which has got its own quality of smell with all the above mentioned four qualities.From fire comes water – apah, which has its own quality of taste besides sound, touch and form.From air comes fire – Agni, which has air and space qualities apart from its own appearance quality.From space comes air – Vayu, which has the qualities of sound and touch.Ether(space) is all-pervasive and the subtlest it has the quality sound. The first manifestation is space – Akasa.Brahman at this stage is nirguna, nirakara – without attributes and without a structure. Initially, there is Brahman, Brahman omnipresent. It illustrates how the five significant elements have emerged in consecutive order from the Supreme, Brahman. The mantra gives a brief description of the evolution of the universe from subtle to gross. The body of human constituted of the essence of food is the physical scabbard of the Self.” (Taittiriya Upanishad 2:1:1b)
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“Out of Brahman, who is the Self, come space out of the space, air out of the air, fire out of the fire, water out of the water, planets out of the planets, vegetation out of vegetation, food out of food, the body of the human.
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The human identity comprises of five layers which are referred to in Upanishads as Panchakosam. While the Brahman is the real bliss (Anandmaya Kosa), who lives inside the lotus of the heart and one who knows the Brahman enjoys all his blessings. We are unaware of real happiness and always trying to find it outside in materials.
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This theory is known as Pancha Kosa or five sheaths. The individual as a substance consisting of five different sheaths of matter, each covering the other with varying grossness levels, the outer layer is the grossest. BRAHMANANDA VALLI the section of taittiriya Upanishad benefits human beings by uncovering the outer sheaths and recognizing their own personality, Self or Brahman.