By Dr Job Cyriac —
“But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Mathew 4:4). What is the scientific basis to this teaching by Jesus?
My name is Dr Job Cyriac. I am an established paediatric consultant working in the National Health Service in United Kingdom for the last 25 years. These are some of the musings I would like to bring to your attention as I continue my spiritual quest.
Our physical body is nothing but food; hence in Ayurveda and Upanishads it is called “Annamayakosha”; the outer sheath which is made of “Anna”- food. Whatever we eat is assimilated into this outer food sheath. I am not sure if many people realise that the food we eat is only sunlight. Let me explain. We all know that all the food we eat- grains, bread, rice, chicken, fish etc.- really comes from plant sources. Hence plant based foods are called the primary food. The energy in the fruit or grain we eat is actually sunlight assimilated into plants. Chlorophyll in the leaves of plants is the only substance in the world which can convert sunlight into food. It is the absorbed sunlight which is the building block of life in this world. Light is the building block of matter. This is proved by eminent modern physicists like Bohr, Planck and Einstein, who demonstrated how light, with its inherent property of acting like wave and particle simultaneously, originated matter. Our bodies, which are just forms of matter like earth, water, fire and air, are made of this assimilated sunlight energy.
Now let’s see the origin of light. In Genesis 1:3-5, God said “Let there be light; he willed it, and at once there was light”. It is now easy to understand why light is the clear link between the visible physicality and the invisible spirituality. It is the Word of God which manifested the light; the building block of matter. So, the cause is Word of God and the effect is manifested light. Now imagine consuming the “Word of God” from the infinite divine source: The Word of God, our eternal food!
In Sanskrit, the word for fasting is “Upavasa” which means to sit near or live near. By fasting and meditation, as we levitate ourselves into the vibrational field of the divinity, we feed on the eternal food “Word of God” which satisfies our physical and spiritual hunger. I have illustrated this circular cause and effect relationship in the in the schematic diagram below.
Looking at the cause and effect, principle plant and animal based food is the effect and the cause of the subtle food is the “Word of God”. As with anything, but especially with food, the more we move away from the source (or if there is delay in consumption) the higher the chance of contamination and qualitative degradation. In the words of modern physicists, “our food as it is gross becomes affected by the space and time. “Word of God”, our subtle food, is beyond the influence of the space-time concept. No wonder Jesus said to the Samaritan woman as written in John 4; 13-14. “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
In the current scientific world, there is an artificial barrier created between science and spirituality. As a professional practicing modern medical discipline, I am convinced that science does not have an existence on its own; rather it is founded on spirituality. Only the “Word of God” is eternal, the only one without a cause!
Dr Job Cyriac, a paediatric consultant in Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust in Chelmsford. He is Clinical Lead for Paediatric Department and also has been appointed as Chair of Children’s Board for MEHT. His subspecialities and interests are paediatric cardiology and nephrology. Dr Cyriac has published widely in a large number of peer reviewed journals, particularly in paediatric cardiology and general paediatrics.
Very interesting and informative article – Great work