In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Yes, this makes total sense! See... but we need to work at the level of craving. At a fundamental level, people crave meat because there is something essential that the meat provides to the body. This seems to go beyond the issue of protein, but is still kind of elusive.

If we can fulfill that function in a different way... then I say go for it.

Yipppppeeeee!!!! (happy dance!)

Dr. Gabriel Cousens is making great progress in this area. I would love to hear what you think after listening to him talk about this! I hope these links still work...

Start here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiQE-YF11qU

when it finishes, #2 will pop up automatically

Here is #4, where he starts talking about problems in vegan diet:

04 - Problems of the Vegan Diet - Dr Gabriel Cousens MD - Overview of Great 04 - Problems of the Vegan Diet - Dr Gabriel Cousens MD - Overview of Great Health 04 - Problems of the Vegan Diet - Dr Gabriel Cousens MD - Overview of Great
Health Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkXrBgSvyJ8&NR=1

05 - Common Deficiencies in Both Meat and Vegan Diets - Dr Gabriel Cousens MD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRwlgHghPGM

06 - Meat Eater Scare Tactics - Healthly Vegan Mental Health -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VkDxdufj...re=related

07 - Healthly Vegan Mental Health and Healthy Vegan Babies Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8syy2NbeAQ&NR=1
(He talks about DHA in bluegreen algae here)

08 - Acidity Alkalinity and Mental Health - Dr Gabriel Cousens MD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFsScI6ljd4&NR=1

09 - Creating the Right Diet for your Life Agenda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B04lgiuzT...re=related

10 Live Food Turns on your Anti-Aging Genes and
Turns Down your Inflammation Genes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AIwYibEs...re=related

11 - Live Food Has the Potential to Create
Super Athletes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUNiF8pIu...re=related
12 - Eating According to your Age, Seasons, Location,
and Constitution: An Ayurvedic Approach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFBu3tVi5a4

13 Holistic (Mind Body Emotions Spirit) Approach to Diet
Vs Allopatic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nbR8JJlPdc

14 - Issues with High Carb Low Fat Diet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPa9eQSk...re=related

15 - The Enlightenment Cuisine
and Locavore Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIhJjVwctUI&NR=1

16 - Reality of Veganic Farming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEV5ckhxW...re=related

17 - The Less you Eat, the Longer you Live
Energy as Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Xz-vyji...re=related

18 - The Proven Dangers of the Meat Fish
Chicken and Dairy Diet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7IINReIjk&NR=1

19 - Big Picture of the Health Debate Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5vBAoM6DkA&NR=1

20 - Evidence of Successful Live Food and
Plant Source Cultures in History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMOTLtrcMs

But I don't know that we know what that is just yet. It doesn't appear that nature made this obvious... or has it been occluded from us?

Maybe it's an energetic thing. We are in the transitional stage and some are adapting more easily than others. Dr. Cousens thinks that's where the superfoods come in.

I started superfoods soon after becoming a vegetarian. Also, Pickle may have a good point about clearing out the animal vibrations from the body via cleansing/fasting. I did a lot of fasting the first year I was a vegetarian. I also did a lot of sprouting and juicing.

This gets me thinking back to the blood issue. Why blood? Why did the "gods" need blood in order to stay physical? I know mainstream science portrays this taboo against blood as an elaborate fabrication that protected the spread of disease from consuming blood. But I am more inclined to believe that some shenanigans went on that are accurately portrayed in our myths.

Maybe our inability to get past this issue has something to do with collective amnesia about what was really going on back then?

I have no idea. I too have wondered what all the fuss is about blood. You know, all that bloodline stuff. But that's a whole 'nother topic.

Also, if you happened to restate your views on eating rodents or insects I missed it! (Chances are it is in this thread somewhere at least 10 times but I have no idea where.)

I'll see if I can find it.

Would this apply to all entities, even down to the level of microbes?

I don't think so, because microbes don't die when they enter our bodies. They thrive. They do however die when our immune system kills them off.

I think the question is moot, because we couldn't control that even if we wanted to. I don't think we're expected to allow a virus to invade and cause severe sickness or even death, just to avoid killing some microbes!

And we do know something about the consciousness of microbes. Ra stated that STS entities can use microbes to do their bidding. This would indicate that the microbes don't have much consciousness of their own, but will do whatever their controllers tell them to do.

Actually if I remember correctly, didn't Ra say the same about bugs? STS nasties being attracted to someone's home because of dirt and critters?