Why I am not a vegan

[AngelofDeath]

^ Yeah, that's why.

It was meant as a lighthearted joke.

Also, no, Ra's words shouldn't be taken as anything other than opinion and observation. Even if I were to take Ra's words as dogma, there is certainly nothing that says "eating meat is service to self" in the Ra Material. I accept that I am omnivorous, I accept the karmic responsibilities that come with this choice. I accept the possibility of negative polarization resulting from this choice, as it no less enables me to dedicate myself and my thoughts to service of others. I apologize if my service, and the way in which I go about it is not comfortable for you. I have accepted about myself that I will likely not fit in to the status quo of 'enlightened' seeking.

You of all people have the esoteric discipline to deal with that. Many do not.

I meant that I also feel the facepalming.

With that, I would be the first to say that I do not talk about my path in recommendation of it but only in acknowledgement of it. I neither advise for or against my particular approach, as it is something which has developed for me personally through much trial and error and inner exploration.

However, this actually comes back to my point in all of this is that the thoughts regarding these things will not change until there has been an appropriate grasp of perspective. No matter how much you try and tell someone that something is ethically wrong, or that it's unnatural, or that it's horrible, they won't really know or understand until they have touched upon that kind of emotion within themselves. This means going within oneself and seeing one's bias', preferences, etc. Until you accept that you have a certain bias, preference or trait you are powerless to grasp it or change its influence. That's why I don't approach this issue from an external perspective, but rather try to address the internal structures involved.

In my mind, trying to convince people to change through shock, reason or emotion is only going to cause them to withdraw more. Rather, it is through the inner silence and balancing of one's own distortions that compassion is awakened. I see no longer needing to eat meat as an end result, but the work is upon your inner self. Thus, I believe if the focus is upon the internal complexes that drive humans in their actions we will come to quicker change than trying to change things from the outside.

I, like I said, am omnivorous and would be perfectly content with pretty much any kind of diet. That wasn't easy to accept about myself and it has taken years to become comfortable with that fact about myself.