Digest Number 429

[Guest guest]

It is obvious that we have gone outside the realms of food for " food" and are

discussing all aspects of esoteric Sattvic life style and inner peace.

 

I need to make all of us aware of 2 things.

 

1) if you have visited East African Safari, you'll notice that all the

vegetarian animals are frolicking together and they all trust each other. The

Giraffes, the deer, the Zebras, the Buffaloes, .........., whereas the

carnivores live singly and do not trust each other. Even those that live in

packs, do not trust the other packs, who are out to destroy each other.

One thing that needs to be understood, is that perhaps, vegetarianism breeds

getting along and " living together".

 

2) A point was made that an average Indian is miserable. I do not think we can

equate it with food. Misery may be from lack of jobs, lack of water supply, lack

of electricity, from pollution, from lack of money to do things, from the "

overly conservative social attitudes" that do not let average boys and girls

mingle together, etc.....and may have nothing to do with food consumed,

vegetarian or otherwise.

 

3) As much as I agree that we should protect the innocent and young, and for

that matter any " dumb" animal, we cannot forget that we do not understand the

"cries" of the vegetables, as they are being cut or cooked. Yes, millions of

animals are sacrificed for the human need. It is alarming. But, with the same

token, millions of vegetables are also destroyed for the same human consumption.

 

4) If what we eat now, will eat us in the next life, will there be human manure

to feed the plants, or will there be carnivorous plants ? We have nearly made

extinct, a whole bunch of precious vegetation. Who is responsible for that ?

 

Eat, we all must. Perhaps moderation of eating with a more than a healthy

respect for the food consumed, is the answer.