Intentions in eating

Do you eat to live or live to eat?

A eats for the love of eating, for the taste

B eats for the nutrition and upkeep of the body

C eats just as a routine.

They all are eating for different reasons and that can be related to the Gunas in this action ...

1. Rajas
2. Satwa
3. Tamas

They all are eating but with different intentions and attitudes. Now imagine if they all were saying their prayers & expressing gratitude before eating, that would add an element of Satwa to all.

So the Guna intentions will be

For A : R+S

For B : S+S

For C : T+S

Now imagine a situation where they are to share with another hungry person. If they share they get another S and if they don't another T.

In all our actions how we do it, why we do it and how we behave with others while doing it is impacted by our current Gunas and humans are the only ones blessed that they can work towards changing our Guna codes combinations .

The combinations of SRT can move towards eradicating or minimising tamas, refining the rajas and establishing ourselves in sattva.