Fwd: Recently Cognitive dissonance carnalitas

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GuruRatings , " aoclery " <aoclery wrote:

 

 

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> Time for this again I think...> >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.

> >

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Ahimsa plus Daya = awareness=awareness of consciousness=moksha...

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