Vegetarian Shock

[Guest guest]

Thanks for posting a real life experience. while religious texts or

ayurveda are permissive, one should make the choice best suited to his

constitution. Good digestive fire of Rajas dominated persons will get satisfied

by protein rich meat, while a Satvik may produce only toxins out of this, as his

gastric juices may not be capable of denaturing meat. it is well known in all

health circles that we are made by our mother nature, environment. All our

habits, beliefs are made by what we inherited from parents and our childhood

surroundings. The impatience, inability to accomodate other's opinion, all enter

through mind and take action through glands. Most criminals have disturbed, sad

childhood. Despite all this, prakruti can change, when our brain is flexible to

be moulded by surroundings. On the other hand, mind is flexible, can get moulded

later too.

 

Have you ever thought what might happen if a wild animal normally eating meat

only, becomes lacto vegetarian by fate? Here is a real life story:

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/7242

 

ayurveda , criiii dum <dumicita wrote:

>

> hi.

> pls excuse me for interfering with your conversation, but pls,

don't waste your time fighting on your beliefs and habbits.

[Guest guest]

goodness me! since when are sattva, rajas and tamas related to

constitution! according to sankhya the physical constitution of the

universe as well as the doshas are an emanation of tamas

 

sattva, rajas, and tamas relate not to the body but to the spectrum

of an individual's (ahamkara) experience

 

tamasic people engage in debates about the relative purity of other

people's diets - sattvic people remain silent because they know the

argument is irrelevant, and instead use the power of their mind to

shape their reality

 

and rajasic people like me get all hot and bothered when people

confuse the two!

 

anyway, i appreciate your idea that the prakriti can change

i have suggested this on the list a few years ago, and i drew

criticism from some of the vaidyas

to be specific, the prakriti itself might not change, but over time

it can have limited relevance

in this world, there is no rule exempt from the law of change, and

why should one's body be any different?

 

PS - i believe some of the most egregious crimes have been committed

by people that had a relatively " good " childhood - George W. Bush

comes to mind... or what about Ajashatru of ancient India - he was a

pretty nasty piece of work too, but i bet he had a " good " childhood;

i also know of orphans such as my wife's grandfather, who grew up to

be a loving and supportive family man, so again please lets not

generalize and be to quick to pigeon-hole people and their experiences

 

on the road to sattva.... todd caldecott

 

On 13-May-07, at 11:41 PM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> Vegetarian Shock

>

> Posted by: " Shirish Bhate " shirishbhate shirishbhate

>

> Sun May 13, 2007 10:17 pm (PST)

>

> Thanks for posting a real life experience. while religious texts or

> ayurveda are permissive, one should make the choice best suited to

> his constitution. Good digestive fire of Rajas dominated persons

> will get satisfied by protein rich meat, while a Satvik may produce

> only toxins out of this, as his gastric juices may not be capable

> of denaturing meat. it is well known in all health circles that we

> are made by our mother nature, environment. All our habits, beliefs

> are made by what we inherited from parents and our childhood

> surroundings. The impatience, inability to accomodate other's

> opinion, all enter through mind and take action through glands.

> Most criminals have disturbed, sad childhood. Despite all this,

> prakruti can change, when our brain is flexible to be moulded by

> surroundings. On the other hand, mind is flexible, can get moulded

> later too.

Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com