Monica, I think your last post was kind of mean, ie. "hurtful". I eat meat, probably mostly because I am "weak-willed" (by another's judgement perhaps), but I have had many other battles to fight, and this is one more that I haven't chosen to take on this lifetime.
I don't think I've ever been "preached to" by vegetarians. The very few I have met in person have been humble and great people, but I am finding reading this particular thread catalyzing, ie. invoking frustration and anger in me because I understand that unless you are completely off the grid and not participating in modern day society, you are supporting an oppressive societal system in some way. So as awakened beings, we are all basically cognitively dissonant on some level because we are living here in 3D.
But at any rate, it's not going to convince anyone to "change their ways" of conditioned and cultural food choices by implying that they are "less" than yourself in any way (weak-willed, jealous,cognitively dissonant)
Every day I fill my pets food bowl, I do so with love and care for them....I'm am not thinking of the factory-farm industry that I am supporting by purchasing pet food.
Same thing when I put gas in my car or or buy clothing from Target. We live in vast oppressive matrix/system that basically causes harm to those who are "weak" by the stronger. I could choose any number of causes if I was called to activism to advocate for the oppressed.
I am just saying that I find reading this thread not helpful at all in convincing me that I should not eat meat. The cognitive dissonance not only goes both ways, but is very deeply embedded in the matrix.
I don't think I've ever been "preached to" by vegetarians. The very few I have met in person have been humble and great people, but I am finding reading this particular thread catalyzing, ie. invoking frustration and anger in me because I understand that unless you are completely off the grid and not participating in modern day society, you are supporting an oppressive societal system in some way. So as awakened beings, we are all basically cognitively dissonant on some level because we are living here in 3D.
But at any rate, it's not going to convince anyone to "change their ways" of conditioned and cultural food choices by implying that they are "less" than yourself in any way (weak-willed, jealous,cognitively dissonant)
Every day I fill my pets food bowl, I do so with love and care for them....I'm am not thinking of the factory-farm industry that I am supporting by purchasing pet food.
Same thing when I put gas in my car or or buy clothing from Target. We live in vast oppressive matrix/system that basically causes harm to those who are "weak" by the stronger. I could choose any number of causes if I was called to activism to advocate for the oppressed.
I am just saying that I find reading this thread not helpful at all in convincing me that I should not eat meat. The cognitive dissonance not only goes both ways, but is very deeply embedded in the matrix.