10-15-2014, 12:10 PM
(10-15-2014, 11:53 AM)seven Wrote: I don't know how many of you are acquainted with Oahspe, but here's some passages from the scripture that could be of interest:
Quote:28. O man of the earth, consider what thou puttest into thy mouth, for the atmosphere thereof is the food of thy spirit. And the habit thereof will be entailed on thy spirit for a long season after thy mortal death.
29. If thou hast been a gross feeder on flesh, thy spirit will seek to linger in the atmosphere of gross feeders still dwelling on the earth. The slaughter-house and the cook-house and the eating-house shall be the places of thy spirit's resort.
30. And thy spirit shall feed therein and thereon; and thy companions shall be millions and millions of drujas; like vultures that flock to a dead carcass, and thou can not away; like a loadstone, are these haunts to the spirits of darkness.
31. O man, I have heard thee, in thy fullness, say: I must have my flesh-food; I must have my wine and beer and tobacco and opium.
32. I say unto thee, if thou hast not strength in this day, neither shalt thou have strength tomorrow. What strength shall thou gain by the loss of thy corporeal body?
33. Consider thy corporeal body as a ship, in which thy spirit is sailing across a wide sea of water. Better that thy spirit learn to acquire strength whilst it hath a corporeal body to ride in. After death, it floateth in the direction thou hast shaped it. Neither hast thou power to go against the current.
34. Remember, O man, these are the lessons of thy Creator, which he gave unto thee, to learn to master the elements of thy surrounding.
Personally though: I try to keep my diet simple, as I believe in simplifying things. I see food as colors. Meat is a complex color, brown/gray, composed of different materials. A vegan diet has a broader palette and allows you to gain a deeper understanding of bodily constructs.
I love the above Oahspe quote. Thank you. It speaks to what I will try to say about meat-eating not being conducive to spiritual seeking (at least in some ways).
I also choose food for colors. And I find your take on this very interesting regarding the complexity and simplicity of the colors.