Eating is a very important matter in everyone's life, as are wearing clothes and sleeping. It seems to me that since eating, wearing
clothes, and sleeping are the most fundamental aspects of our lives, we should learn how to do these things properly. In that way we
won't be wasting our energy. When we eat, we shouldn't eat too fast. We shouldn't get nervous because if we do, then we'll suffer from indigestion and all kinds of stomach complications. That's why there's this saying:

Sicknesses enter through the mouth,
Calamities come out from the mouth.

During mealtime, we should be very respectful. We should maintain an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving, because this is
a country of plenty where we are all able to get our fill. Since this is the case, we should take our meal slowly.
Although eating is a necessity, we shouldn't be greedy for the flavors of the food. It's said:

The superior person does not pay attention to food.
He places emphasis on the Way.

The very best way to eat is to ignore the flavor. If you are able to do that, it will be very easy for you to digest your food, and the food
won't make you sick. If we can learn to eat without being greedy for flavors, then we will also be able to apply the same principle to
everything we do. Everything we do has both benefit and harm in it. Everything we do has some good and some bad in it. Everything
we do has the potential for victory or defeat.

In eating correctly, we should eat wholesome food in order to preserve our health. We should be very calm, natural, and at ease
when we eat. It would be best to not think about other things while we eat. And if we could eliminate discursive thought altogether
while we take our meal, then we could truly "eat without knowing the flavor." Eating in that way would allow the food we ate to be
used to its maximum potential. In a sense, we would have saved its benefits by not savoring them.

Clothes are the second necessity. Our clothes should be clean. They don't have to be elegant or costly. There are many problems
involved with wearing expensive clothes. You're afraid to sit down and afraid to stand up. You're reluctant to sit for fear that the place
where you are about to sit is dirty and the expensive clothes you're wearing will get soiled. You are reluctant to stand for fear that you
will brush up against something that will ruin the appearance of your clothes. Wearing expensive clothes becomes as burdensome as
donning armor. The clothes we wear need only to be clean. This is my simple opinion.

If we don't go after the best food and the finest clothes, then we will be properly managing the first two necessities. When it's time to sleep, we shouldn't think about yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Then we can sleep easily. Many people in this world rely on sleeping pills so they can go to sleep and stomach medicines so they can digest their food. Many people also never feel warm no matter how many clothes they put on. Other people never feel cool enough no matter how few clothes they are wearing. If we can be peaceful at heart when doing things, being in harmony with ourselves, then none of the many kinds of sicknesses will come to trouble us. My words have been very simple and yet, if you've listened, you'll find a lot about how to conduct oneself in my message.