In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Thank you for the info. Fasting isn't new to me, and I have gone phases where I cut meat out for a month. I've done juicing and all that.

The new thing for me is that I find myself drawn to this rather than the old ego driven reasons of my past. I'm "here" more than before.

I'll certainly look into it for education purposes. Right now, all I know is I'm only craving fruit, veggies, beens. Apples, oranges, bananas... Black beans, corn, cilantro, and lime juice :-)

Cool! I see that happening a lot, even with diehard meat-eaters. Seems to be a shift happening.

Even with my dogs and cats! I remember as a child, whenever my dad would butcher chickens, the cats would go crazy over the raw meat.

And 20 years ago, I'd often find a few feathers or a mouse's tail on the front porch. The outdoor cats were always hunting and eating their prey. (There's an empty lot next door so there are plenty of mice in our area.)

But now, my outdoor cats will catch a mouse, kill it, and leave it untouched. (Quite a shame! The mouse died for nothing. It always bothers me. I wish they'd at least eat it, if they're going to kill it.) And recently, we had some mice in the house. The cats caught them, but wouldn't eat them. I managed to rescue 1 of them and released it down the street where there are no houses. But the other was killed the cats before I could rescue it. Then they left it.

Then there are my dogs. Years ago, I tried giving them raw meat, because that is what their natural diet is in the wild. They just couldn't get enough of it!

I quit giving it to them for 2 reasons:

1. I couldn't stand to handle it.

2. It made them aggressive.

But recently, I found some raw, frozen, meat-based dog food at an upscale pet store. I got some for my elderly dog. I was willing to deal with the raw meat if it helped him stay alive and healthy a bit longer. I never agreed with the vegetarians who fed their dogs vegetarian food, because, I rationalized, they have the anatomy of carnivores. Just look at their teeth!

Well, guess what! My elderly dog ate the raw meat a couple of times, but then after that, he turned his nose up at it! So here I had this expensive stuff in my freezer, and he wouldn't eat it. So I offered it to the other dogs. One of them devoured it for about a week, but again, after than he started refusing it. The other dog started refusing it after only a couple of days.

What am I to make of this?

I can only conclude that, as these dogs near the threshold of 3D, they are losing their natural animal craving for other dead animals. They are becoming human. Most humans won't tear into a bloody chicken. They must cook it, season it, and otherwise disguise the fact that it's a chicken, in order to eat it.

Right around the time this all happened, I got a book on raw vegan liveit, by author Ani Phyo. She adopted a stray dog who was skin and bones. She feeds this dog the same diet she eats - raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds! How mind-blowing is that!!! I never imagined that a 'carnivorous' animal could not only survive, but thrive on a raw vegan diet! Her beautiful, vibrantly healthy dog is living proof! He not only is healthy but people stop and ask her what she's feeding him, because his coat is so silky and his eyes so bright. Amazing!

There is no question that a dog's anatomy is designed for meat. And yet, look at what Ani has accomplished with this dog.