Death from cardiovascular disease in adulthood is just the beginning - what could be sadder for his wife, children and friends?A common cause of such diseases - overeating and related complications such as obesity, high cholesterol and sedentary (overweight do not want to move, the vicious circle is closed ridiculous).And the reason for an abnormal attitude toward food in Christian asceticism called gluttony.It is a grave sin in the Orthodox and Catholic traditions.Why is that?
Fed as the purpose of life
is believed that a person infected with this disease of the spirit, puts its saturation and the pleasure of eating up everything in life, including higher God.This subordination of the needs of the lower body is, in fact, a form of slavery.How many people are willing to lose weight without trying to win the cause of this trouble - abnormal relationship with food!
Not only overeating
In the view of many gluttony - it's excessive consumption of food.In fact, overeating - is only one of the demons that torment the soul.The second is a passion for delicious food.This social phenomenon of gourmandise, the desire to "understand" in tasty things from a spiritual point of view is very dangerous.
Anoreksichki also chrevougodnitsy
You probably noticed that many dieters begin painfully attentive to food, plan each of its reception and the clock to imagine what they will eat tomorrow morning, when it was "possible"eat what is forbidden in the evening?They are obsessed with gluttony!Bulimia and anorexia - is also a manifestation of abnormal relations to physiology.
What is eat?
So, there is only tasteless food?No need to extremes, we are not monks, but because the absolute rigor of the many can not accomplish.You just have to try to have a particularly attractive food for the holidays, it is advisable to church, and limited to just a small portion without additives.Then you have not sinned.The main thing - do not dream of a holiday for the month prior to the event, making it the most important gastronomic pleasures in the "program."
not just
third demon tormented soul glutton - is impatient with regard to mealtime.That is, when a person eats before that time, which for him is usually or assigned.It turns out that the perfect Christian - one who can do without the "goodies" he eats moderately and on schedule.Gluttony - is a disease of the soul because the sinner does addicted to food.All variety of the phenomena of the world for a man is obscured by the opportunity to enjoy the "here and now".
Mother passions
Gluttony - a mortal sin, because it is here that begins all other passions.In particular, a man who allowed himself too much, there is excessive or inappropriate sexual desire, laziness, leading to idleness, despondency (excess weight, for example).It can reach up to pride (when a person is hurt by the fact that he "Titan will" took and failed).
there a prayer of gluttony?Concrete is not, but it makes sense to pray to Mary of Egypt, which was pursued by the passion for many years of torment in the wilderness.But the magic of "God" does not exist, it is best to pray for help to Christ, bearing in mind that to win the passion of gluttony before the end impossible, it could not even the great ascetics.You just try to keep yourself within each day.And ask the forces to fight God.Gluttony - it is also a failure to comply with posts ...
