Why all this concern with the body?

Those who have read the Magnetic Diet will know that meditation is a core concept. Those who have a lot of experience with meditation will wonder. Why all this concern about the body?

Here's the thing. If we are meditating every day, then we know that the body is not the reality. The soul is the reality. Our individual soul is just a wave in the ocean that is God. What does this have to do with weight loss and health management?

Our purpose on this earth is to work out the Karma of our past actions and desires. This only leads to more Karma which then just brings us back again. We can escape the revolving door by merging our wave into the ocean, but to do that requires the awakening of a dormant energy. To awaken that energy requires a lot of work, some of which is spiritual, some of which is mental, and some of which is physical. The physical portion is mainly to create the foundation on which the spiritual and the mental portion can be built. The mental and the spiritual portion are tied closely together.  The mental aspect is concentration which leads to the core spiritual aspect which is meditation. The physical is necessary so that one can sit still in a position long enough to concentrate and meditate.

The asanas or physical postures of yoga, as a matter of fact the entire physical and aspect of yoga that includes body purification techniques, was developed so that the aspirant could get his or her body into shape to meditate for long hours. So there you have it, good physical conditioning is a benefit to spiritual aspirations.