Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00780)

Hi Vlad-

Equating the eating of meat with alcoholism and drug
addiction? That's a good one! I'll pass that on to my
Native American friends...

Any more "wisdom" like that? 

Oh, and how do you explain that our bodies are
naturally made to eat animal flesh...We didn't create
these bodies, we merely inhabit them. And, these
bodies need a certain amount of flesh to be properly
maintained...

I always thought a vegetarian diet was a moral choice,
not a biological imperative. Myself, I go through
regular detoxes, where I eliminate all flesh from my
diet...but I eat flesh, usually. And I make sure it's
free range, rendered with care and respect...

Regards,

Niki


--- Vladimir <forums@sova.us> wrote:
> 
> Eldon B Tucker <eldon@theosophy.com> wrote:
> 
> > One teacher or school may teach an approach
> requiring a more ascetic
> > life, including vegetarianism.
> 
> Vegetarianism is not "more ascetic", it is more
> healthy. It is just a
> matter of habit whether you can or cannot live or
> feel good without
> eating meat. It is like with alcoholism or smoking.
> To be a vegetarian
> is not necessary being more advanced in any
> way, but it is surely
> being healthier and relieving one's mind from
> some extra burden of
> chemical and psychical rubbish extracted from flesh
> of dead animals.
> 
> Being a vegetarian is not only killing less
> life, it is feeling
> lighter in all senses. If one can't live without
> consuming meat, it is
> a kind of disease like addiction to drugs 
> (tobacco and alcohol
> included).
> 
> BTW, Tibetans who live in India and have all sorts
> of food around them
> in abundance don't need to feed on dead animals,
> but they still do it
> despite their compassionate religion. Hence 
> this is merely a bad
> habit. :-)
> 
> 
> Vladimir
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