To eat is to introduce into one’s organism materials which will enter not only into the construction of our physical body, but also into the construction of our subtle bodies. So this act, which we repeat every day, several times a day, is especially important to perform in a state of peace and harmony, eating in silence. 

But simply not making noise and being silent is not enough, because even in silence we can eat while constantly chatting inwardly: we brood over worries and grudges and thus do not do a good job on ourselves. Silence is a condition that prepares the ground for our inner work, for our meditation on the infinite goodness of God who has put so many blessings into food. Food contains forces, materials that come not only from the earth, but from the sun and the entire universe. They come to us filled with cosmic life, and it is important to receive them with the awareness that they will form the substance of our physical and psychic bodies. We must therefore be very vigilant, especially since this food, which has become impregnated with universal life, is also impregnated with our words, our feelings and our thoughts.