We can sanctify our meal by offering it as a sacrifice to God, in these terms:

“Allow me, Lord, to present my respectful homage to you. Allow me, Lord, to offer you this meal, or this humble offering.

This song in Sanskrit means: “O Lord, O source of all happiness, please make me your beloved servant, and allow me to serve you”.

Whoever serves Krishna with love and devotion lives in direct relationship with Him. Also, its position is it in all certainty, spiritual, from the beginning of its practice. Indeed, the holy being no longer lives on the material plane, but spiritually, because he lives in Krishna.

Because the Holy Name of the Lord is not different from Himself, Krishna and his inner power dance on the tongue of the holy being when he sings “Haré Krishna”. The Lord directly accepts the food offered to Him by his devotee, and the holy being by eating the reliefs of this offering, becomes “Krishnaized”, purified.

Let us drink nothing but water, syrup, lemonade, fruit juice, milk, creamy yogurt etc.., but especially no alcohol, let’s not eat anything else except wholegrain cereals, legumes, oilseeds, fruits, vegetable creams, cheese, etc.. but especially not meat, fish and egg, without first offering it to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person.

Let us also offer him the fruit of all our deeds, our day, our existence, our life, in short all that we do and possess, so that we will live constantly in purity, and our thoughts, words and actions will not thus give rise to any effect or consequence.

Let us obey God, do His only will, and apply His laws and commandments. But if we want to live in holiness, let us apply to the letter the spiritual regulating principles of the Supreme Lord, which are as follows:

You will not eat meat, fish or eggs.

You will not have illicit sex outside of marriage.

You will not take any drugs, or any exciting or intoxicating products, such as alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and tea.

You will not play any game of chance and money.

Our existence will then be a success, and perfect, because anchored in purity.

[For much more information on this topic, see the book “Do not kill, and do not eat the flesh of animals”]