In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

During my animal rehab days there was a full separation between what I ate, and what I was currently involved in. Food was food, and I could not connect it to the animals in my care. So while I had a form of love for those in my care, it did not translate into full compassion for the animal kingdom itself.

This never came about until the cleaning up of my body. I fully think that having the animal parts in your body will block off certain connections. Whether we want to call it awareness, consciousness, evolving, whatever, I found a definite connection between animal matter in my body, and the nonexistent compassion.

This may be what is described in gospel of peace, "eat of death, death will become you", not so much as death in the sense of dying, but dead to certain aspects/portions of awareness.

I will concur with this experience. I always did have some compassion for animals--and all life--but cleaning up the body makes a huge difference in clarity and understanding. So much fear dissipates as well.

For example:
I used to be afraid of bees stinging me (I'm not allergic) and now, I love hanging around them at the bird bath where they drink. They crawl on me and their energy is so gentle and compelling. I had an experience where a swarm, that had been living in my backyard, left my property, and I was working in my studio when they left. I heard a huge sound outside my window. I went outside and the swarm was right there over my head hovering (maybe 8 feet up). They hovered for maybe 3 minutes and I could "feel" them saying good-bye to me. I will add that I am not prone to fanciful imaginings .