Theos-Talk Archives (January 2008 Message tt00002)

We cannot judge others as to what they do and why. All we can do is to share
information. I have told many times, I would prefer a honest meat eater to
a crook who is a vegetarian.

mkr


On 1/1/08, adelasie <adelasie@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>   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 <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.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.
> >
> >
>
> 
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