That goods and truths are the genuine foods of man must be evident to everyone, for he who is destitute of them has no life, but is dead. When a man is spiritually dead the foods with which his soul is fed are delights from evils and pleasantnesses from falsities-which are foods of death-and are also those which come from bodily, worldly, and natural things, which also have nothing of life in them. Moreover, such a man does not know what spiritual and celestial food is, insomuch that whenever "food" or "bread" is mentioned in the Word he supposes the food of the body to be meant; as in the Lord's prayer, the words "Give us our daily bread" he supposes to mean only sustenance for the body; and those who extend their ideas further say it includes also other necessaries of the body, such as clothing, property, and the like. They even sharply deny that any other food is meant; when yet they see plainly that the words preceding and following involve only celestial and spiritual things, and that the Lord's kingdom is spoken of; and besides, they might know that the Word of the Lord is celestial and spiritual. (Emanuel Swedenborg)

People become obese because they substitute natural food for spiritual food. They mistake their spiritual hunger for natural hunger.

In the Lord's prayer it says "Give us this day our daily bread." Just as we need to eat natural food every single day, we need to receive Love and Wisdom every day.

Without natural food, our body begins to whither and die. But, without Love and Wisdom, it is our soul that is starving and dying.

In Heaven, the food of the angels is Love and Wisdom from the Lord.

If we want to create a strong and courageous soul that can rise and remain in the Light of Heaven, we must understand some Truth and do some Good every day of our life on Earth.

When you eat natural food, it is not the food itself that is nourishing you; it is the spiritual food associated with it.

This is the reason why food seems tasteless when you are in a depressed state of mind.

In order to be nourishing, food must be eaten in a state of peace and gratitude.

It is not how much or what you eat that is important but your attitude towards food.

In the spiritual world, water corresponds to Divine Truth and bread to the Goods of faith.

To drink the water of life is to appropriate or be joined with the Truth of the Word of God while to eat bread is to be joined with the Good of Love.

Without Good and Truth, we live in fear and hunger.

The issues that many people have with natural food today are a projection of the problems they have with spiritual food.

Some people are overeating while others are starving themselves.

This is because most people ignore their spiritual needs.

In order to survive psychologically, a human being needs spiritual food every day.