Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00184)

That is somewhat of an unspoken concern about many people who eat 
meat but want to meditate. I will tell you honestly, I have taken it 
on the chin and gone out on a limb in order to test many of these 
spiritual things which are sometimes a trial in order to report back 
to myself, my soul and others whether or not there is some spiritual 
truth to these things.

I tell you truly that there is a karma attached to eating meat. It 
is real. The more time you have spent in vegetarianism and 
meditation the more clearly this will become for you. 

The RS masters liken it to wearing a thin shirt to wearing a heavy 
coat and running in the summer. That is a good analogy. Which one is 
easier? It is not that it is impossible to do so, but it is easier.

It is like sand continually going back into the hole each time you 
dig when you eat meat, drink alcohol and try to meditate.

Then there are those who doubt that this is a real path, or the 
camino real as they call it also. I would have to say that the proof 
is in the results. I can look at journals I have written and turn to 
any year in time and find answers that I am looking for. Especially 
when I face a fork in the road.

You can have this kind of peace of mind as well, if you seek it.

There are studies which show that the alpha brain wave pattern is 
increased or easier to establish when you meditate daily. Then there 
are people who say that a mental imbalance might show up when one 
begins to meditate.

I don't believe that. I think if you really examine the life of the 
person who makes this claim it can be established that there was 
some sort of mental imbalance before the meditation began. 
Meditation is like medicine, take it only under the direction of a 
spiritual doctor.

Netemara