In regards to eating meat

[Lorna]

from a LOO perspective will there not be some benefit in regards to individualisation from these 2d souls incarnating in these animal bodies? i've been giving this topic some thought, because to me the consumption of meat is not a stand alone issue, it's directly related to farming.

in particular i've been thinking about cattle. commercial breeds are so very much the product of the farming industries - for the most part these are animals specifically designed for consumption (beef) or use (dairy), these are not natural animals, they have been moulded by human intervention and thus 2d souls incarnating into these physical shells are doing so for a reason. these aren't wild animals who have been hunted, farm animals' lives are defined by their interaction with 3d humans.

anyway, when i was thinking about farming i was thinking of the big farm / food issues that there have been in the UK over the last 20 years or so and there have been quite a few little ones but three main biggies.

salmonella in eggs that threw into the spotlight factory farming in egg production with the result that free range eggs are the norm, factory farmed eggs very much the exception

bse in cattle which raised the issue of animal feeds with big improvements in this area.

foot & mouth disease in 2001 which wiped out livestock across the big livestock farming areas of the uk and forced farm diversification into tourism, food production, craft industries etc which has resulted in a lessening of dependency on traditional farming in rural areas

so then i got to wondering whether the interaction of bacteria / viruses and 2d animals was happening for a reason - each time one of these big food scares has taken place there has been a big improvement in animal welfare. alongside this has been the boom of the organic sector in agriculture here, which must have been helped by these dis-ease outbreaks

apologies if i've gone off at a tangent, just thought i would share my ponderings