Co-Existence with Garlic

[Monica]

I always assumed it shut down the portion of the brain that can be accessed spiritually. Something Gabriel Cousens had mentioned. This is the first link that came up though.
"Garlic and onions are both rajasic and tamasic, and are forbidden to yogis because they root the consciousness more firmly in the body", says well-known authority on Ayurveda, Dr. Robert E. Svoboda.

I don't think so. I think the reason garlic, onions and strong spices are considered rajasic is because a yogi - someone living a sattvic lifestyle - doesn't need it.

Think about it. Onions, garlic and spices purify...they repel negative entities...they cleanse the body of excess, clean the blood, etc. These actions are necessary when one is eating tamasic 'food' (dirty, toxic, dead, meat, etc.) because those foods are toxic and must be cleansed. But, if one is consuming living plants, their bodies are clean and they don't need the cleansing. Therefore, if they eat strong cleansers when they don't need them, the result would be overstimulation.

So it's not a simple matter of good/bad but what is appropriate for the state of the body.