In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

I was just picking up on a musing you posted earlier. ("Apes are primarily vegetarians, except for occasional insects. Their diet consists of mostly fruits and greens. So one can only wonder how and why early humans ever got the idea to eat animals (other than bugs stuck in the leaves).") The point being that early humans almost certainly inherited that idea from their forebears.

OK. I was referring to gorillas, who, according to the sources I read, are vegetarians except for occasional insects. I knew chimps were more aggressive than gorillas, and interestingly, eat some meat, but even so, their diet is still 90% vegetarian, which is a lot closer to veg than most humans.

Source: http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate/prim_7.htm

The other reason I mentioned the gorillas was to show that the common justification for eating meat ("I need the protein to build muscle") is obviously false, since gorillas have physiology similar to ours, and look at how strong they obviously are!

(Whether chimps may be even closer to our physiology, is a moot point here. Both are similar, so that's splitting hairs.)

Can you provide a reference for the Cayce quote?

It was nearly 30 years ago, but I remember exactly where I read that, and I'm sure I still have the book. But as to where it is, now that's another issue. I'll see if I can dig it out, but our house has literally 1000's of books, so no guarantee!

I remember marveling at how he told some people to drink beef broth, and others to be vegetarians, because animal 'foods' would lower their vibrations. And he would say, "for this body."

(I once thought of trying to build a searchable database for the Cayce readings similar to lawofone.info but gave up the idea when I realized that the A.R.E. was likely to frown upon it.)

Wow, you're kidding! The ARE still doesn't have a searchable database?? Wow, that's amazing! What a shame! But why are you so sure they'd frown on it?

Do you think that people have evolved since Cayce lived and that a different diet is appropriate now than it was in the 30's, say?

Yes, definitely! Not all people, but many people.

That is contradicted to some extent by Ra's recommendation in 1981 that the diet include, to the extent necessary for the individual metabolism, the animal products.

I've addressed that particular quote, and the other one about Carla specifically, several times in this thread. Not finding it right now, sorry. I hope you find it because any response I give now probably won't be as good as the one I gave before.

I will add to that response, though, that animal products doesn't necessarily mean meat. It could mean eggs or dairy. I believe Ra was being intentionally ambiguous, to preserve our own ability and responsibility to discern for ourselves.

Or do you think that we've evolved since 1981, too?

Yes, definitely. Not everyone, but many people have. Just look at how vegetarianism was considered radical back in the 70s, a part of the counterculture. Now most restaurants have a veggie option. It's much more mainstream. And raw vegan was very radical, even 10 years ago. But now there are successful, upscale restaurants serving only raw vegan food! I mean, the idea of a totally vegetarian restaurant used to be radical! And a totally vegan restaurant even more radical! And now we have totally raw vegan restaurants! That's incredible!

I realize this doesn't necessarily say anything about humans' evolution but I do think it reflects it. If more people weren't being attracted to the veg diet then this wouldn't be happening. And why are so many people being attracted to it? Because it's appropriate during this crucial time.