Guest guest Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Glen, I am in a similar situation- also O+ . On the advice of my teacher of energy work, I started eating animal protein again a few years ago, and also felt better; specifically more grounded and steadier energy. Ethically and morally I prefer to be vegetarian, and that still makes up the primary part of my diet. Two of my kids are vegetarian; one recently became so after visiting an animal sanctuary. She has loved to eat animal protein since she was very young, she is thin and has a very quick metabolism. She occasionally becomes dizzy now, since she became vegetarian, and I suspect that is related to insuffient protein and lack of B vitamins. I'm reminding her to take her vitamins daily now; its not that she won't do it but rather that she forgets to take them. I am also interested in what others have to say. Sat nam, Sheri Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sat nam, I have been "almost" vegetarian for many years. By that I mean sometimes I succomb to temptation, and when I do, I regard it is a lapse, a character flaw. Many years ago I became aware that we and non-human animals are one, so for me to eat chicken feels like eating a cousin. Also I am aware of the incredible unimaginable suffering that factory farming inflicts on animals, such as clubbing them on the head and tossing them on a pile. They are not even dead, just stunned, and they are tossed as if they were inanimate objects. Also I came to the conclusion that we cannot have peace among humans, as long as humans exploit and kill and eat non-human animals. There is a disrespect for life that runs a spectrum from disrespecting the earth and the plants, the animals, right up to nations and people. That is my philosophy. I found that when I started practicing Kundalini Yoga 6 weeks ago, my diet changed without any effort on my part. I cook more. I LOVE vegetables, which I always have, but now I am more willing to put in the effort to prepare good vegetarian meals. I haven't had any meat in this time, so perhaps that 'intemperance' is gone for good. I also found this year when I went for 'Thanksgiving' dinner with friends and they know I will not eat turkey and I know turkey will be served. Every year I am ambivalent about sitting down at a table, with this unfortunate dead bird sitting there. This year it bothered me more, and I feel like I do not want to sit down to a dead bird anymore. Kartar Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sat Nam! Vegetarianism is a positive choice, for some it happens instantly, others it takes time, don't know if I would judge it as a character flaw, one has to make their own choices and do what works for them. The animal issue wasn't an issue for me until I stopped eating meat altogether, and then it became something else, another reason not to eat meat, and perhaps without eating meat it was easier to have empathy towards the animals themselves. We have a large fishery here where I live the greed and the conditions surrounding the harvest are certainly extremes in human behavior. I gradually migrated towards total vegetarianism for health reasons. After awhile I just didn't care for it anymore and stopped eating it. When the smell of steak on the grill gets to me, the next trip to the grocery store I just sort of walk right on by the meat counter, the desire is gone by the time I get there. On another note I met a Kartar at Winter Solstice, where you there or was that another Kartar? Mike Sinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Sat Nam. Perhaps you might think of your presence as "honoring" the sacrifice of the bird. A friend of mine once thought he could, after being a vegetarian for a number of years, bless a frankfurter and thus be able to eat it. It was on a visit home and he truly wanted to connect with his family (after estrangement) and not make an issue of what they were feeding him. Of course, he got quite ill. So you might think of your being there as "blessing" this turkey and understand that it is providing nourishment for those who choose to eat it. You are in no way saying it's ok, but rather acknowledging its reality as a being as few meat eaters really do. (I think of the Seinfeld joke about cows walking up to McDonalds to surrender, "OK you win!") You are right of course about the suffering of animals and how unless we as individuals stop the kiling, the killing will never stop. Do your best, speak gently, without rancor to your meat eating friends and relatives, and in that way turn the world from its cruel course. Isn't it great to prepare food with a consciousness of and a love for the consumer of it whether it is yourself alone or for others? KY has a way of making us more aware of what we are doing, why we are doing it and who we are doing it for. The final point is that the creator is everpresent in creation and we can only honor that by keeping the truth always in our hearts, minds and actions. Kundaliniyoga, "rasheedaas" <rasheedaas> wrote: > > Sat nam, > I have been "almost" vegetarian for many years. By that I mean > sometimes I succomb to temptation, and when I do, I regard it is a > lapse, a character flaw. > Many years ago I became aware that we and non-human animals are one, > so for me to eat chicken feels like eating a cousin. > > Also I am aware of the incredible unimaginable suffering that factory > farming inflicts on animals, such as clubbing them on the head and > tossing them on a pile. They are not even dead, just stunned, and > they are tossed as if they were inanimate objects. > > Also I came to the conclusion that we cannot have peace among humans, > as long as humans exploit and kill and eat non-human animals. There > is a disrespect for life that runs a spectrum from disrespecting the > earth and the plants, the animals, right up to nations and people. > That is my philosophy. > > I found that when I started practicing Kundalini Yoga 6 weeks ago, my > diet changed without any effort on my part. I cook more. I LOVE > vegetables, which I always have, but now I am more willing to put in > the effort to prepare good vegetarian meals. I haven't had any meat > in this time, so perhaps that 'intemperance' is gone for good. > > I also found this year when I went for 'Thanksgiving' dinner with > friends and they know I will not eat turkey and I know turkey will be > served. Every year I am ambivalent about sitting down at a table, > with this unfortunate dead bird sitting there. This year it bothered > me more, and I feel like I do not want to sit down to a dead bird > anymore. > > Kartar Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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