The act of eating is a service.

[Patrick]

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Beliefs are also chosen. Within the sets of belief I chose to align with, if there was a belief that my stopping to eat meat would actually help improve the way animals are treated, I would stop.

I respect your beliefs. I have to admit, however, the belief that you don't contribute to the way animals are treated while supporting an industry which treats animals badly, does not make sense to my logical mind. Perhaps you could explain further?

What I have come to realize is that our logical mind is part of the veil. It's part of the illusion of separation. It tells us that it's either/or, when in reality it's both/and. That is why there are no paradox in reality. Since I realized this, I've been able to accept seemingly contradictory viewpoints as both being true at the same time.

So I think we are both right. You believe it is eating meat that supports maltreatment of animals and I believe it is the concept of money (i.e. greed) that supports maltreatment of animals. You chose to not eat meat and I chose not to use money. Of course that didn't go so well for me. The time is not right, but we are getting there.

So you see we both believe to be doing the "right" thing. And I'm sure we both are.