01-28-2010, 11:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2010, 11:31 AM by Peregrinus.)
I've for 40+ years been an omnivore. Having eyes facing the same direction is the design of a hunter. Having eyes on the side is the design of the hunted. Since vegetables don't need hunting, I assume the bipedal ape is in design able to eat all, but is primarily in design a hunter.
With that being said, I have tried on a number of occasions to become a vegetarian, but without success. I believe it was due to the lack of knowledge I have on ensuring the proper mineral intake.
About two weeks ago I was reading some Buddhist materials, and when I came to one point that states that when one eats an animal, one takes on the pain and suffering of that animal. Within a second of reading this, I got a positive (confirming) tone! I was amazed. It isn't like I have these tones every day.
When I learned to hunt in the German method, in Germany, and that I liked very much. It involved respect and ritual. I will at first speak of larger animals. When one killed an animal, it had to be a kill shot, through the heart, first and every time. If one did not get a kill shot, that was it; you would never hunt again. This insured the animal did not suffer. After the death, there was a broken branch ritual whereby you took a branch, broke it in two, put 1/2 in the animals mouth, and put the other half in your hat. This symbolized sharing a last meal with the animal. When it came to smaller animals, at the end of the day there was a removal of the hat and silence for the animals. The Germans take this all very seriously, with the course being one year in which a great deal is taught/ learned about not only hunting, but conservation and respect.
Now, the animals that appear on our table without thought or understanding in the process, live short, absolutely deplorable, lives. To put a cow into conditions like this is called a feedlot. To put chickens into a condition like this is called a chicken barn. These animals often never in their life see real grass, or for chickens, the sun. It is to these conditions that I object so strongly to, for this treatment is unkind, uncaring, and causes what I would believe to be a great deal of suffering.
So... I have looked at becoming a vegetarian again, this time with more insight into the matter. I have cut out meat for the most part (98%), and am working towards lacto-ovo-vegetarianism.
With that being said, I have tried on a number of occasions to become a vegetarian, but without success. I believe it was due to the lack of knowledge I have on ensuring the proper mineral intake.
About two weeks ago I was reading some Buddhist materials, and when I came to one point that states that when one eats an animal, one takes on the pain and suffering of that animal. Within a second of reading this, I got a positive (confirming) tone! I was amazed. It isn't like I have these tones every day.
When I learned to hunt in the German method, in Germany, and that I liked very much. It involved respect and ritual. I will at first speak of larger animals. When one killed an animal, it had to be a kill shot, through the heart, first and every time. If one did not get a kill shot, that was it; you would never hunt again. This insured the animal did not suffer. After the death, there was a broken branch ritual whereby you took a branch, broke it in two, put 1/2 in the animals mouth, and put the other half in your hat. This symbolized sharing a last meal with the animal. When it came to smaller animals, at the end of the day there was a removal of the hat and silence for the animals. The Germans take this all very seriously, with the course being one year in which a great deal is taught/ learned about not only hunting, but conservation and respect.
Now, the animals that appear on our table without thought or understanding in the process, live short, absolutely deplorable, lives. To put a cow into conditions like this is called a feedlot. To put chickens into a condition like this is called a chicken barn. These animals often never in their life see real grass, or for chickens, the sun. It is to these conditions that I object so strongly to, for this treatment is unkind, uncaring, and causes what I would believe to be a great deal of suffering.
So... I have looked at becoming a vegetarian again, this time with more insight into the matter. I have cut out meat for the most part (98%), and am working towards lacto-ovo-vegetarianism.
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