Can we be spiritual if we eat meat?

[Tae]

Yes.

Meat unfortunately is great nourishment for these vessels. Eat LESS meat and eat WISER meat and give THANKS to that meat for giving itself for you. We mostly just get meat from a local farm now, got a meat box that shows up once a month.

My spiritual guides were like "well if you're going to keep being stubborn about eating low vibrational food we're going to make it inconvenient for you" so now my empathy extends to meat and other animal products and I can taste its pain.

There are WAY worse ways to go than having your throat cut. I'd die that way. I'd kill a chicken that way. If the apocalypse happens, I'd kill and eat my cat that way. Sorry buddy, I love you. (pet pet) I think that's an important aspect of ethically eating meat, by the way–knowledge and respect of the full process while being able to stomach it and making choices to maximize the healthy life of the animal you consume. I don't waste meat anymore–right now I have a turkey carcass in the freezer waiting to be boiled into broth. I take only as much as I need, respectfully and with thanks for its sacrifice. I am at a state of mind where I know exactly what happens to the chickens I eat–their throats get cut and they're bled out–I grew up rurally and I know how to slaughter a chicken, and I am okay with that process. These grass fed chickens and farm meats we consume don't taste like a life of pain to me. They lived decent lives and then were killed and eaten and presumably reincarnated, and the cycle of life continues.

This is an aspect of 3D life and it's awesome if you can avoid eating meat! I respect that! I have been vegetarian and found I got unfortunately ill when I sustained that diet, which made me sad. Today I will be eating vegetarian food because our vegetarian friend will be visiting. So I would say I eat less meat, far less meat than I used to, but I still include it in my diet, usually one meal a day will have a serving of meat, and I seem do all right as long as I have a couple a week.

I just don't think anyone has to be vegan to spiritually ascend, and anyone saying "this is the thing you must do" is creating divisions between people rather than encouraging us to link up and bring humanity as a collective closer to ascension. So hmm, while it seems like a good thing, it can also be weaponized and used against us as a negative, service to self sort of thing.

In the end, even veganism doesn't mean a hurt-free diet. Tons of small animals and habitats are destroyed in mass farming operations. The best we can do is make educated, wise choices to minimize hurt, and not push other humans away for any perceived "one true way". We are our own best shot.

I do believe that eating animal products is lower vibration, like drinking alcohol, and can have an effect on the clarity of your mind. So if you feel called to not consume them, you should definitely follow your intuition and have a go at it!