Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00216)

I don't know of any mental imbalances that occur in meditation from eating 
meat. What I do know is that the sphere of sensation is gross in the meat eater 
and needs to be subtle to penetrate the mysteries. A vegetarian diet helps, as 
does fasting when done properly. Vegans develope a subtlety of sensation 
that is also quite better.

What does cause mental imbalance is to meditate while intoxicated with 
specific alchoho;ic beverages, modern nicotine products, and caffien. This all 
is a matter of experimentation, though you may find all kinds of mental 
imbalances projecting out into your life, all these are learning experiences.

Ariel



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen" <global-
theosophy@a...> wrote:
> 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...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "netemara888" <netemara888@y...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> 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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> >
> >
> >