02-26-2013, 05:22 AM
I can't say I've even read 10% of these posts about meat eating and plant eating, but I wanted to share my thoughts as a person who has been vegetarian on and off for most of my life (32 years old; raised a meat eater, been vegetarian for a total of eight years, the most recent bout being 14 months, and as a person who loves the taste of meat)
1) It's "easier", in some cases to eat meat than shop around or a vegetarian alternative. It's never impossible to eat vegetarian, but a decade ago when I was struggling graduate in a major I hated, while I dealt with major depression and a gluten allergy, I just did not want to worry about looking or vegetarian food. I'm not saying this was a right or wrong decision, but I have compassion for myself that felt overwhelmed.
2) In most cases, going vegetarian and has a dampening effect on social life because we as a society often connect sharing food, and this is another added difficulty in an already catalytic fielded life.
3) I think you can totally be spiritual and eat meat, but it takes more respect, prayer, and cleansing of yourself and the animal which likely suffered to provide you a meal.
4) My reasons for eating plants is a combination of animal rights, animals feeling of pain, their lifespan, and their relative intelligence. Given these factors, I also would not eat plants that live a long time such as hundred year old trees.
5) We don't need meat to survive in our society. But if I was in wilderness, and needed I hunt to eat, I would have no problem.
All in all, transitioning to eating plants is not easy - it wasn't for me. It's also not required to be spiritual in 3d. Spirituality is a multispoked wheel, and even a two spoked wheel as a opposed to an eight or ten spoked wheel can still get you to where you are trying to go. Now if you still insisted on consuming 2d selves in 5d, that would be a different situation. But there are 5d things that are basically unimaginable in 3d (no wars??), so its just a different world.
I think Ra's comment about Abraham Lincoln's 4d wake in not accumulating karma even though he basically was involed in the extermination if other selves, is right on point: it was less the act and more about the vibration, intent, and the thought involved in the act that defines its overall attribute. That's why I think it's ok to eat meat if you truly venerate the animal like the native Americans do. But eating plants is how I chose to venetrate these adorable 2d other selves. That being said, although I am now repulsed by eggs, my mouth still waters when I see a good steak...but it also waters for a nice slice of cheese pizza
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1) It's "easier", in some cases to eat meat than shop around or a vegetarian alternative. It's never impossible to eat vegetarian, but a decade ago when I was struggling graduate in a major I hated, while I dealt with major depression and a gluten allergy, I just did not want to worry about looking or vegetarian food. I'm not saying this was a right or wrong decision, but I have compassion for myself that felt overwhelmed.
2) In most cases, going vegetarian and has a dampening effect on social life because we as a society often connect sharing food, and this is another added difficulty in an already catalytic fielded life.
3) I think you can totally be spiritual and eat meat, but it takes more respect, prayer, and cleansing of yourself and the animal which likely suffered to provide you a meal.
4) My reasons for eating plants is a combination of animal rights, animals feeling of pain, their lifespan, and their relative intelligence. Given these factors, I also would not eat plants that live a long time such as hundred year old trees.
5) We don't need meat to survive in our society. But if I was in wilderness, and needed I hunt to eat, I would have no problem.
All in all, transitioning to eating plants is not easy - it wasn't for me. It's also not required to be spiritual in 3d. Spirituality is a multispoked wheel, and even a two spoked wheel as a opposed to an eight or ten spoked wheel can still get you to where you are trying to go. Now if you still insisted on consuming 2d selves in 5d, that would be a different situation. But there are 5d things that are basically unimaginable in 3d (no wars??), so its just a different world.
I think Ra's comment about Abraham Lincoln's 4d wake in not accumulating karma even though he basically was involed in the extermination if other selves, is right on point: it was less the act and more about the vibration, intent, and the thought involved in the act that defines its overall attribute. That's why I think it's ok to eat meat if you truly venerate the animal like the native Americans do. But eating plants is how I chose to venetrate these adorable 2d other selves. That being said, although I am now repulsed by eggs, my mouth still waters when I see a good steak...but it also waters for a nice slice of cheese pizza
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