Shaolin Diet

[xise]

Considering vegetables are living things also, would it not contradict the entire premise? I mean, I'm not some anti vegan or anything but since Ra stated that there are some plants that are higher level 2nd density, where does the difference lie between the animal and the plant?

While your point has merit about life is life, I think you have to agree that in every density (2d, 3d, etc), there is a spectrum of progression of consciousness - ie there are those of 3D almost at 4D in consciousness, and those in 3D barely past 2D.

Similarly, 2D would have such a spectrum. While without a doubt old 2D trees may have 3D consciousness (even 1D rocks can have 3D consciousness), it seems intuitive that on the whole plants are closer to 1D than to 3D as opposed to animals. Of course, individual organisms may vary, and under this view of consciousness based eating, perhaps just as undesirable to eat a hundred year old tree as it is a chicken. But in practice based on the fact that the vast majority of eaten veggies are short-lived plants (and therefore likely closer 1D than 3D than animals), I think a distinction between plant and animal makes sense.

So on the whole, I think there are very real general differences between plants and animals on the level of consciousness, with exceptions and outliers always present. There are also issues of differences as discussed by others such as nervous system / full fledged pain receptors, etc. So I think I don't think it's unreasonable to put plants and animals in roughly different categories, if desired, for the purposes of consumption.