In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Says who?

Says Ra. The 3D vehicle is carbon based. The 4D vehicle is photon based. Or maybe it was Q'uo who said it.

Can you tell me in simple terms exactly where you can take in light in the form of an ingestible substance?

I believe I gave this explanation twice. It is the basic tenet of the Law of One. However I don't mind restating it.

All things are one, that there is no polarity, no right or wrong, no disharmony, but only identity. All is one, and that one is love/light, light/love, the Infinite Creator.

All is light. There is no darkness. There is no death. There is only light.

The apple is light. The spinach is light. The cow is light. And you are light. This is not just a metaphysical truth, but a physical one.

Do you really see no difference between eating a cow and eating an apple? Again I am surprised.

Yes, ultimately all is made from light, but you are leaving out the minor detail that we dwell in a heavy chemical illusion. On a purely physical level, it's a question of efficiency. A piece of meat isn't digested the same way as an apple.

Not to mention the spiritual considerations, which have already been extensively covered in this thread.

Regarding scientific evidence for decreased risk of disease among vegetarians, there is an abundance of info available. I found this with a quick search, for starters:

http://www.vegsource.com/harris/cancer_vegdiet.htm

Evidence from a broad scientific literature suggests:

A. Rates for at least six common types of cancer, country by country, correlate with the consumption of animal source food.

B. There is a modest negative correlation with these cancers and plant source food consumption.

C. A variety of phytochemicals present in plant foods have been demonstrated to be protective against the DNA damage that leads to cancer.

D. The veg*n diet, extolled by its advocates for at least 150 years as a cancer preventive strategy, is the logical end point of the dietary recommendations, now made by scientific organizations, to reduce animal food consumption.

E. A recent clinical review (49) concluded: "Up to 80% of bowel and breast cancer may be preventable by dietary change... Diet contributes to varying extent to the risk of many other cancers, including cancers of the lung, prostate, stomach, oesophagus, and pancreas... Generally, fruit, vegetables, and fibre have a protective effect, whereas red and processed meat increase the risk of developing cancer."

There are no logical arguments for the continued use of animal source food in the human diet.

And here is an excerpt from The China Study:

The research project culminated in a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, a survey of diseases and lifestyle factors in rural China and Taiwan. More commonly known as the China Study, "this project eventually produced more than 8000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease."

The findings? "People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease ... People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored," said Dr. Campbell.

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The B12 issue is easily solved with a supplement. And, many meat-eaters cannot absorb B12, so this issue concerns meat-eaters as well. Furthermore, the raw vegan diet addresses this, if it includes fermented foods. In other words, there are healthy and unhealthy variations of the vegetarian diet. I find any mention of the very few health risks for vegetarians rather amusing, in light of the widespread epidemics of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc. among meat-eaters.

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What I really like about Dr. Cousens is that he acknowledges that some people do have challenges following a vegan diet, but then offers specific solutions, that have been proven to work in his clinical practice. He also acknowledges that it's possible to be healthy while eating meat, but states that one's spirituality is also a factor; ie. a meat-eater who isn't spiritual might be healthy and content, but someone who seeks higher consciousness is less likely to be content eating dead animals. Thus, spiritual aspirations must be taken into consideration, when deciding on what constitutes a 'health' diet. I highly recommend listening to the interview I linked above - I'm certain you will find it most intriguing and illuminating! And I really doubt that anyone could find fault with Dr. Cousens' views - he really is extremely brilliant and I consider him the top expert in the field of raw vegan. When he and Dr. Mercola debated, Dr. Mercola was completely outclassed and humbled because Dr. Cousens totally eradicated all of Dr. Mercola's objections, and he did it with utmost graciousness and respect to Dr. Mercola. A class act!

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All is light. There is no darkness. There is no death. There is only light.

Ultimately, yes. From the Creator's viewpoint, yes.

Can you apply this to the war issue? No death. Would that make war ok, then?