Guest guest Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Namaste, Just working on this.............ONS...Tony. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE CARNALITAS. This is a version of cognitive dissonance that specifically applies to spirituality, especially Buddhism and Hinduism and their adherents. The Oxford Dictionary gives this meaning for Carnalitas;- Sensuality, Unspirituality and Fleshiness. In the Eastern Philosophies there is a basic tenet called Ahimsa or resistance to the practice of violence;--in other words practice non- violence. It is the essential teaching of the Buddha and all the Hindu teachers, Avatars and Yogis. This is why `meat-eating' is not practiced by these people. However there are many on the `so called' spiritual path, especially Westerners, who have a conflict with this. They know and understand the teaching on Ahimsa and meat eating but yet ignore it and worse, try and rationalize it, with innumerable excuses on why they still partake of meat. Usually with ideas like; `All is one', it doesn't matter what one eats and so on. There seems to be a gap between the tenet of non- violence and what they consume. They do not seem to connect the torture and suffering of animals and what is on their plate. Obviously there is some Egoistic desire and habit associated with meat eating, which is stronger than their professed spirituality, which demands Ahimsa. I have studied this condition in spiritual seekers for some years and could never understand the `disconnect'. I finally decided that it is similar to the `True Believer Syndrome', and also `Cognitive Dissonance', both of which are cognitive disfunctions. So I have coined the phrase `Cognitive Dissonance Carnalitas', to describe this condition. It only applies to `Eastern Spiritual Seekers', for other people who eat meat have no conflict, as it is accepted as part of their culture; So no cognitive dissonance arises……………..Tony O'Clery. True-believer syndrome The need to believe in phony wonders sometimes exceeds not only logic but, seemingly, even sanity. --The Rev. Canon William V. Rauscher The true-believer syndrome merits study by science. What is it that compels a person, past all reason, to believe the unbelievable. How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after it's exposed in the bright light of day he still clings to it--indeed, clings to it all the harder? --M. Lamar Keene From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cognitive dissonance is a condition first proposed by the psychologist Leon Festinger in 1956, relating to his hypothesis of cognitive consistency. Cognitive dissonance is a state of opposition between cognitions. For the purpose of cognitive consistency theory, cognitions are defined as being an attitude, emotion, belief or value, although more recent theories, such as ecological cognition suggest that they can also be a goal, plan, or an interest. In brief, the theory of cognitive dissonance holds that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the human mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to minimize the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Out of honest curiosity/wondering, is there any verse in sruti or writings by respected advaitins that says either eating meat or violence is wrong? I can find many that say that even killing a human being doestn't matter to the jnani, but none that suggest ahisma or vegatarianism. Aum! Shanti! AustinTony OClery <aoclery wrote: In the Eastern Philosophies there is a basic tenet called Ahimsa or resistance to the practice of violence;--in other words practice non-violence. It is the essential teaching of the Buddha and all the Hindu teachers, Avatars and Yogis. This is why `meat-eating' is not practiced by these people. DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 advaitajnana , Samadhi Ananda <kalkin714> wrote: > > Out of honest curiosity/wondering, is there any verse in sruti or writings by respected advaitins that says either eating meat or violence is wrong? I can find many that say that even killing a human being doestn't matter to the jnani, but none that suggest ahisma or vegatarianism. > > Aum! Shanti! > > Austin > > Tony OClery <aoclery> wrote: > In the Eastern Philosophies there is a basic tenet called Ahimsa or > resistance to the practice of violence;--in other words practice non- > violence. Namaste, I wondered about that myself. My belief is based on the teachings of the masters and Jivnmuktas. Ahimsa would cover it all anyway. However if there are any advaitins that could quote some more texts it would be appreciated, other than the Gita that is. Krishna and water and flower leaf etc. This is from an article that I wrote on this subject. http://www.geocities.com/aoclery/AVEGETARIANandAHIMSA.htm " The great sage Yagnavalkya ,in his Yagnavalkyasmiti stated that three ghastly crimes are committed by slaughtering animals for the sake of eating their flesh. These are : (1)the taking of innocent life; (2)the infliction of pain on the innocent animal during the process of killing it;and (3)the crime of depriving the animal of its strength through slaughtering it. Punishment for all three crimes entails twenty rebirths characterised by premature and painful death in the first; pain ,suffering and unhappiness,including family feuds,anxiety and tensions in the second; poor health in which the life of the person concerned will be wasted away,in the third. " ................ONS....Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 How many Jnani's do you know that were meat-eaters? Yes, nothing matters to a Jnani since he/she does not develop karmas as he/she has lost identification with the body... but there is a difference between what a Jnani 'can do' and what 'he/she does'. In a nutshell, if you can eat meat without desiring for it, it won't affect your Sadhana.... the same with other sensual objects. Try it... and find out where one stands! Sachin ---- Samadhi Ananda 12/01/05 23:56:20 advaitajnana Re: Cognitive Dissonance Carnalitas. Out of honest curiosity/wondering, is there any verse in sruti or writings by respected advaitins that says either eating meat or violence is wrong? I can find many that say that even killing a human being doestn't matter to the jnani, but none that suggest ahisma or vegatarianism. Aum! Shanti! AustinTony OClery <aoclery wrote: In the Eastern Philosophies there is a basic tenet called Ahimsa or resistance to the practice of violence;--in other words practice non-violence. It is the essential teaching of the Buddha and all the Hindu teachers, Avatars and Yogis. This is why `meat-eating' is not practiced by these people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 advaitajnana , " Sachin Chavan " <chavansachin@h...> wrote: > > How many Jnani's do you know that were meat-eaters? Yes, nothing matters to > a Jnani since he/she does not develop karmas as he/she has lost > identification with the body... but there is a difference between what a > Jnani 'can do' and what 'he/she does'. > > In a nutshell, if you can eat meat without desiring for it, it won't affect > your Sadhana.... the same with other sensual objects. Try it... and find out > where one stands! > > Sachin Namaste, There is always the karmic vibrations in the meat that will create samskaras for all who are not Jivanmuktas...........ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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