In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

But that doesn't make meat-eating "wrong" from a spiritual perspective, any more than making smoking a cigarette or drinking alcohol "wrong". It is just another choice to be made and taken under consideration of the whole grand scheme of things.

Yes... everything is connected. Maybe there is some kind of karma associated with meat-eating. But what about the owner of a party store that sells liquor to an alcoholic who goes home and beats his wife? How responsible is that person, really?

Agreed: meat-eating is not wrong. I don't even use right and wrong in my thinking, these words being human-made constructs. Yes, it is a choice; but ideally it is a CONSCIOUS choice.

Thinking "out loud" here:

About the party store owner: the difference between this scenario and meat-eating is that the first involves only humans; free will is apparent in each person's choice. The question would be: are 2D meat animals making a choice to participate? Maybe. Even so, they are of 2D, so how can they be as aware of what they are participating in?