Fw: re eating meat or otherwise

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Hi to All

 

I have been asked to forward this message to the list from one of our

rs. I am not wishing to take sides in this debate, but would point

out IMHO that each of us has his or her own viewpoint - the most important

thing is to have respect for the views of others - meat eaters are not to be

cast as somehow inferior to those who are vegans - human physiology varies

from person to person - some folk need to eat meat to stay healthy - others

can get by just fine without it. Staying grounded is important to me -

others may prefer not to. Finally, like the sheepskin debate, this one would

appear to have run its course. Let's get back to discussing Kundalini Yoga.

 

Sat Nam!

Gordon

 

 

> Dear Kristina:

>

> You say:

>

> > Of course, you CAN get a certain enlightenment while eating meat,

but

> >you can't go as deep or as far. And, you'll create more karma for

yourself.

> >You'll have to work harder making yourself purer and to cleanse yourself

of

> >the suffering you partook.

>

>

> I say, prove it.

>

>

> You and plenty of other people on this list seem to me to be very

concerned

> with being right and also with preserving an idea you have of yourself as

> "on the road to enlightenment." What if you never become enlightened? Or

> what if you are now and you just don't know it?

>

> One thing I know about you is that you spent some of your time on this

> earth sitting in front of a computer screen composing that message to the

> mailing list. During that time you were not doing other things. I don't

> know your motivation. All i know is the message I read on my screen. But

> I did get the impression that you were distracting from your experience

> rather than having it fully.

>

> The same statement could be made about me, but i don't harbor hopes of

> becoming enlightened. I write this because I get irritated by what I

> perceive as an obsession with being right, good or pure. I feel you would

> judge me as impure if you knew me. I know that the eye with which I see

> the world is the eye I use to see myself. I don't care about being more

> pure or about god liking me better. I just want to feel better and have a

> good life.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

> D.

>