In regards to eating meat

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Re: the study I posted -- it is true that second-density consciousness is species-based, but that's true for both animals and plants, and the lesson/goal for both is individuation.

Or, one could look at it another way: It's feeling compassion for entities who are similar FIRST, before being able to feel compassion for entities who are dissimilar.

It's possible to feel compassion for something and still eat it. I feel compassion for the lettuce that we pulled out of the garden this week. Similarly, I feel compassion for the steer that we are going to butcher this fall.

Re: eating someone's dog: what about if you were to eat someone's treasured house plant? Wouldn't that be similar?