Theos-Talk Archives (January 2008 Message tt00001)

If we assume that what we humans eat is somehow related to our 
evolution on the path of consciousness, and we assume, as is done 
here apparently, that humans who eat meat are less highly evolved 
than those who do not, we are making things a bit too simple, in my 
opinion. Evolution and Karma are highly complex and perhaps even 
beyond our ability at this time to fully comprehend. Might it not be 
possible that in the complexity of the evolution of an individual 
there could be someone, or maybe even many someones, whose body 
actually needs the kind of protein found in animal flesh? After all, 
it has served as food for humans for eons out of mind. Might it not 
also be possible that that individual could be very highly evolved in 
many other ways, interiorly? We assume that we understand 
instructions when we interpret them literally, but might it not be 
possible that we could understand better if we read a bit more 
deeply? 

What of the implicit judgement we make of another, when we say that 
they should not eat meat, that they are making the wrong choice, 
somehow doing something wrong? What if the person eating meat has an 
attitude of complete gratitude and acceptance, while the person 
eating only vegetables is cruel and selfish, grasping and 
judgemental? Would we not maybe deduce that what a person eats is not 
as important as how a person manifests the inner realities in his 
daily life?

It is perfectly reasonable for an individual student of occultism to 
take to heart instructions that seem valuable and current to him and 
decide, for instance, to change his diet out of a deeper 
understanding of the reality of the unity of all life. It becomes a 
bit more problematic when the student decides that since he has made 
that decision, others who have not made it are wrong and less 
developed and should do as he does. It might be at that point, in 
fact, that the benefit derived from a more pure diet is offset by the 
damage incurred by intolerance.

Adelasie



On 1 Jan 2008 at 10:08, Konstantin Zaitzev wrote:

> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@...> wrote:
> 
> > Might it not be possible that different individuals occupy bodies 
> > that have different requirements? From one point of view we might 
> > assume that meat, for instance, would only be available to eat if 
> > there were those who needed it. Others do not and need not eat it 
> 
> There are regional differences. The inhabitants of far north, if have 
> any choice, only have to choose between different kinds of meat. So we 
> can conclude that their karma has placed them into such conditions.
> In some regions of India, on contrary, meat meal is hard to find.
> But we in Europe can choose, so responsibility is ours.
> 
>