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Dear Harshaji,

 

Yes ...agreed 100%..though it did seem to me that Jan comments were

of a spiritually proud nature and I only replied that in the truth

that is it does not make a differince what one eats..

Blessings always

Randy

 

 

, Harsha wrote:

>

> *No one is blaming you Randy. Eat and drink what you want. Some

> vegetarians may view your comparison between carrot and steak to be

in

> bad taste. As said before, food is a very personal matter. I used

to eat

> meat. I also ate fish for many years. Now I am a vegetarian. That

is how

> things are. What is natural at one time becomes unnatural at

another. If

> one is authentic in the moment, one has done what can be done. To

be

> spiritually proud because we eat certain foods or meditate or

follow

> some great teacher, or know samadhis or are wise and enlightened

etc.,

> is just another burden. To know one is ordinary is the greatest

> freedom. Then one is done with all the hassles. Who are we going to

> impress? And when we try to impress people, or create a certain

image

> of us, there is a cost associated with that. We have to worry about

> maintaining that image and we can be imprisoned in it. The simplest

> thing is to be who you are and to give others full freedom to be

who

> they are.

>

> Harsha*

>

> panamavolcan wrote:

>

> >

> > Dear Jan,

> >

> > Yes like I said I don't blame anyone for killing a carrot and

eating

> > it, nor should anyone blame me or judge me for eating a nice juicy

> > steak..it's all the same except one is much higher in sugar

content

> > (carrot) and the other higher in cholestrol(steak)..

> > Blessings

> > Randy

> >

>

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