Why I am not a vegan

[Shemaya]

Intellectual, Respectful, Thought-Provoking Lecture: Melanie Joy - Carnism: The Psychology of Eating Meat

Melanie explains everything that has happened in these discussions.

Wow, Monica, thanks that is a wonderful presentation. I didn't see the entire hour, but the presentation was very grounded, eye-opening and her energy was very clear. In clear, I mean that she was able to present the information without tapping into defenses and triggers, though I am pretty sure that people who are overly attached to the status quo would be triggered.

From what I saw, the idea of non- acceptance of the status quo of our violent, dominant/controlling, oppressive culture and society is a powerful message, that may be catalyzing for followers of the Ra material.

Given that in the rubric of the Ra material, " acceptance" is viewed as an STO trait and "non-acceptance" is considered STS trait, it creates some confusion for what is truly righteous. The acceptance/non-acceptance rubric if perceived through our personal energetic blockages and limitations ie social conditioning and culture as well as prior experiences, would certainly justify accepting the status quo and therefore accepting violence, oppression, cruelty.

Those of us on the STO path, who choose to radiate and expand our connection to God, and expand infinite energy/intelligence / ie the Kingdom of God on this planet rather than continue in a disconnected and "Babylon" system, we are the ones who have to make the changes and take the action steps to create 4D. It is our work on clearing our own blockages within that will manifest the outer changes as most of us know.

Surely, those who have tirelessly advocated for non-violence are leading the way towards this reality. I think anyone who is on the STO path would agree to that. That is pretty much a given, right?

A couple of things that I have thought about though. The outward violence that we see is a manifestation of the violence we have within. Getting that cleared is foremost, and that goes for everyone, we are all in this together.

Secondly, we have to recognize that we all exist here in a context. The food industry as a whole is violent, unsustainable, and un-holistic. Practices have developed that are raping and destroying the planet, causing more pestilence and disease, and developed purely for PROFIT. That is the culprit, imo. To reduce the responsibility of violence towards animals to enculturated "taste" is a bit shortsighted. We can't solve the problem by blaming each other for being less than our highest potential. We see what can happen there, it just devolves into a back and forth tit for tat argument that goes in circles, an expenditure of energy that may be worthwhile to put to other uses.

On that vein, ie. the food industry is violent, recognize the violence everywhere in the food industry. Migrant workers are totally and completely exploited for profit. Women are sexually harassed, men women and CHILDREN are exploited in poor working conditions for little money, being exposed to dangerous chemicals and other dangers. The agri-business is huge and designed to be profitable (rather than nurturing, sustaining, and loving). All people that are hooked into the system participate in it by choice whether vegetarian or not. We all contribute to violence on some level if we buy food that has come out of this violent system. That goes for the production of plants, vegetarian foods. The growing and harvesting of plants is big business, and exploiting the underprivileged and poverty-stricken is a way to keep it profitable. It's a violent system that we have established on this planet, and violent on many many levels, in thoughts words and deeds.

It's so bad that it can feel almost hopeless that anything we do will change it. But I do believe if we use our catalysts to clear our energy, ourselves, our violence within so that our red orange and yellow and green rays radiate, we can pave a way to the 4D that we dream of. I think though that we should clear the whole rainbow through to blue indigo and violet. My deep thoughts for the day.

Now I have to go out and feed and care for my hens. They are really cute, and my husband made them the most awesome coop!!!