And Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shalt not kill.' But their heart was
hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered
them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed
men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which
goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food,
the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death.
For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything which kills your bodies
kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise,
become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has
destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like
the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the
autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman
who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold
for the seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your
foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."
"Master, where is the fire of life?" asked some of them.
"In you, in your blood, and in your bodies."
"And the fire of death?" asked others.
"It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of death
you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields. I tell you truly, it is the same fire which
destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts,
ravages your spirits. For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which you think. Eat
nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, prepare and eat all
fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and all milk of beasts good for eating. For all these are
fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our Earthly Mother. But eat nothing
to which only the fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan."
"So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the
milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the
way of sins and of diseases unto death. But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of God
give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases For the table of God fed
Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the living give
you also long life upon the earth as was his.
"For I tell you truly, the God of the living is richer than all the rich of the earth, and his abundant
table is richer than the richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth. Eat, therefore, all your
life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want. And when you eat at her table,
eat all things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother. Cook not, neither mix all
things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs. For I tell you truly, this is
abominable in the eyes of the Lord.
"Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your bodies. Be
content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the table of our Earthly Mother.
And desire not to devour all things which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you mix together
all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage in you.
And it will be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms divided against themselves work their own
destruction. For your God is the God of peace, and does never help division. Arouse not, therefore,
against you the wrath of God, lest he drive you from his table, and lest you be compelled to go to the
table of Satan, where the fire of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body.
"And when you eat, never eat unto fullness. Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the voice of
God's angels. For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more. But live by the spirit,
and resist the desires of the body. And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of the angels of God.
So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.
Trouble not the work of the angels in your body by eating often. For I tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the clay does in him the work of Satan. And the angels of God leave his
body, and soon Satan will take possession of it. Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens,
and again when it is set. And you will never see disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord.
And if you will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and that Satan shun you afar, then sit but
once in the day at the table of God. And then your days will be long upon the earth, for this is
pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. Eat always when the table of God is served before you, and eat
always of that which you find upon the table of God. For I tell you truly, God knows well what your
body needs, and when it needs.
"And forget not that every seventh day is holy and consecrated to God. On six days feed your body
with the gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify your body for your Heavenly
Father. On the seventh day eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of God, and be all
the day with the angels of the Lord in the kingdom of the Heavenly Father. And on the seventh day
let the angels of God build the kingdom of the heavens in your body, as you labor for six days in the
kingdom of the Earthly Mother. And let not food trouble the work of the angels in your body
throughout the seventh day. And God will give you long life upon earth, that you may have life everlasting in the kingdom of the heavens. For I tell you truly, if you see not diseases any more
upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the heavens."
Source: http://www.human-resonance.org/Essene_Gospel_of_Peace.pdf