AGGRESSION! (Food and its impact on ... human behaviour?)

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Nisargadatta , " skywhilds " <skywords wrote:

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This always amuses me, these musings on correct eating, eating being

the cause of this that and the other thing.

 

I know one thing for sure when I was in my highest awareness states I

barely ate and slept. All life flowed through in as of me.

 

If I remember correctly Ramana and Nis nor Christ, nor Gandhi, nor

MLK, nor ______________, lived forever. On the aforemention short

list, some died in the ravages of cancer and some being assassinated

even though they were peacemakers, or just because.

 

Non-duality is ever apparent.

 

 

Metta,

Anna

 

 

 

 

 

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you might want to check out

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> http://www.lowcarb.ca/

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> scientifically, I think the old dietary traditions of India are

> antiquated, even if there apprears to be some (misleading, actually)

> " truth " to them.

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> Bottom Line: The body needs protein and other nutrients that are

> simply not available in a vegetarian diet. Pure and simple. The

> scientific evidence is Overwhelming.

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> Go with links associated with the above site, and see for yourself!

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> As far as what seemed to confirm the gunas ideology for you, I think

> it can be easily explained in terms of a body finally getting the

> nutrients it needs, while, nevertheless, having to adjust to the

> somewhat toxic reaction to not yet being accustomed to a healthy

diet.

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> Hope I don't sound TOO damn dogmatic. Again, just check out the

> literature. It will require some patience and thoroughness,

however,

> to see this all clearly.

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> There's a hell of a lot of misinformation out there! ( " Tell me

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> it! " )

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> Remember, a lot of misinformation is a justification of the

> master-slave mentality, under which India, with its caste system,

has

> lived for millinia. Think about it: now wouldn't it make sense to

> encourage the lower and middle castes to be more passive and

> submissive, to be satisfied with their lot?

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> Hasn't this traditionally been the role of institutionalized

religion?

> Was Marx totally wrong to say that religion is the opiate of the

people?

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> And who provides all the drugs to the people? Why big government,

of

> course: the CIA, FDA, etc., etc., etc.....

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> (Don't get me started!)

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> Pontifications (con't)

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> The overriding theme of sociality is always (non-)aggression. The

> dialectic is always: aggression--non-aggression--reconciliation

(Cf.,

> Hegel's dialectic.) Advaita is neither/both

> aggression/non-aggression: pure conciliation beyond this duality.

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Nisargadatta , " adithya_comming "

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> > I am interested in exploring the link

> > between anger and food and also between

> > anger, energy and virility.

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> > In India, diet and its effect on the

> > body is believed to directly impact

> > quality of emotions and thoughts.

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> > It is believed that eating light,

> > vegetarian food in moderate quantity

> > helps make you peaceful and it helps

> > clean your thought of excess violence,

> > aggression and anger. It is considered

> > good for spiritual inquiry, practice

> > and prayer.

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> > It is also believed that eating meat,

> > eggs make you strong, gives you lot of

> > energy but it also generates lot of

> > body heat and increases anger,

> > aggression and tendency for violence.

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> > In India, Brahmins (and those engaged

> > in spiritual studies, prayers and

> > mental purifications) are asked to

> > adhere to vegetarian diet. And, it is

> > accepted that Kshatriya (the warrior

> > caste) and others who are engage in

> > wars and battles eat meat, eggs and

> > other animal products.

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> > Do you have any experience in this area?

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> > Have you found it true in your practice?

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> > Recently (after long interval) I had 5 egg

> > whites for morning breakfast for two

> > days in row and I was taken

> > aback by the impact it had on my body.

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> > On plus side I felt very energetic,

> > strong (as if under the influence of

> > some drug or hormones), I felt very

> > potent sexually. But, one the minus

> > side I felt lot of inner body heat, lot

> > of aggression and very violent and

> > aggressive anger that I found quite

> > difficult to contain. I was taken aback

> > by this sudden change. It appeared as

> > if for some unknown reason lot of

> > hormones (maybe testosterone) were

> > released in my blood.

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> > Quite interestingly, I didn't feel the

> > back spasm that I used to feel

> > frequently since I had moved to

> > relatively colder area and I was able

> > to physically lift and move items (such

> > as TV) that I previously found too

> > heavy for me. I also had unusual (for

> > recent times) erections and sexual

> > libido and sexual aggression.

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> > I found that there was a beastly

> > edge to my love making during

> > that period. My " love making " was

> > wilder, more aggressive and rougher

> > during these 2-3 days. I was also more

> > demanding and felt much stronger need

> > for it. Further, my sex too appeared

> > more as part of my aggression and the

> > expression of my energy and " power "

> > rather than my " love " !

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> > From all its symptoms it did appear

> > like a hormonal change and I was

> > surprised that it happened to coincide

> > with the change in my morning breakfast

> > habit.

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> > Do you have any explanation?

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> > Have you had ever had a similar

> > experience?

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> > *As far as I know India and Nepal are

> > only two countries that are

> > predominantly vegetarian. Hinduism and

> > Buddhism are only two major religions

> > that are predominantly vegetarian.

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