In regards to eating meat

[3DMonkey]

If you are suggesting that I feel guilty or that I have tried to justify my choice in diet, then you are completely wrong. I find your suggestion to be passive aggressive accusation.

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There is no justification a meat eater could make that a vegetarian hasn't already made regarding what they eat.

Yes Monkey, it is really interesting to read all the various arguments through the thread, very interesting dynamic here.

The basic message I am hearing from vegetarians through the perusing of this thread is that eating meat is incongruent with an STO path. Just now writing it out in simple terms without pages and pages of words, it reveals to me the crux of what was so compelling to me in this thread.

I have such a basic and strong disagreement with this opinion even though I agree that the factory farm industry is horrible, I agree that eating mostly fruits and vegetables and whole foods is healthy for my body-temple. I agree that there is a vibratory effect on the physical body when eliminating animal foods from the diet. I agree with intentional practice, vegetarianism is a good thing to do. There is much I can agree with that has been written in the thread.

I have eaten meat my entire life and have been on an STO path my entire life and past lives as well, I have eaten meat and have been vegetarian in past lives. I have "abstained" from eating meat in this life. So I simply disagree with that message, and I would take it so far as saying that I really strongly disagree with that message.

It would just take away the truth of who I am, if I were believe that eating meat is incongruent with the STO path.

That is my view as well.


I would add separately, that I think that taking time to think that others actions are abominations, or that others actions are incongruent with STO, is in and of itself not the example of an STO thought.