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

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http://www.lowcarb.ca/

 

 

 

 

scientifically, I think the old dietary traditions of India are

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

" truth " to them.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

it! " )

 

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?

 

Hasn't this traditionally been the role of institutionalized religion?

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

 

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

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

 

 

(Don't get me started!)

 

 

Pontifications (con't)

 

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.

 

 

No?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nisargadatta , " adithya_comming "

<adithya_comming wrote:

>

> I am interested in exploring the link

> between anger and food and also between

> anger, energy and virility.

>

>

> In India, diet and its effect on the

> body is believed to directly impact

> quality of emotions and thoughts.

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> 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.

>

>

>

> Do you have any experience in this area?

>

>

> Have you found it true in your practice?

>

>

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> 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 " !

>

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> Do you have any explanation?

>

>

> 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.

>