Re: Theos-World Should I give up meat?
Dec 12, 2003 03:46 AM
by Morten Nymann Olesen
Hallo all of you,
My views are:
Permit me to ask:
Does this then imply, that one shouldn't walk around among sinners anymore,
so to help them ?
I think Jesus Christ did that.
I think it is important to forward this question.
from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...
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From: "netemara888" <netemara888@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:05 AM
Subject: Theos-World Should I give up meat?
> 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
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