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

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Not quite my dear,

 

non-duality holds ALL states of Being...

 

;-)

 

 

 

Nisargadatta , " skywhilds " <skywords

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> That oceanic feeling often comes when the body releases endorphins

due

> to stress, such as hunger, lack of sleep, etc.

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> I don't admire or consider the heroes of others to be particularly

> nondual.

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> Nor do I even concider nonduality to be an ideal state under all

> conditions.

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> One person's nonduality is another's duality, and vice versa.

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> Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana@>

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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.

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> > 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.

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> > 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.

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> > Non-duality is ever apparent.

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> > 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.

> > >

> > > 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!)

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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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> > > No?

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> > > Nisargadatta , " adithya_comming "

> > > <adithya_comming@> wrote:

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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.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > 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 " !

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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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