Why I am not a vegan

[Shemaya]

I'm working on becoming a vegetarian. I've personally made the choice that if it's not something I could do, I don't think I should consume meat.

Having said that, I've come to realize that there are many things I don't want to do but survive because others do them for me. Farming is hard, which I don't have the patience for (beyond a large garden) but plenty of people make that sacrifice so I can eat. Carpentry and being on your knees all day is something I could never ever do, but I'm glad others build that foundation. Then there's something like roofing, one of the most back breaking jobs that exists, and I'm thankful for the roof over my head. And of course I'm wearing slave-made clothes, even though I'd rather not be.

So we give and take..we're all selfish and use each other but we don't have to look at it that way. It's functioning as a unit. In one of Sandor Katz's books he says he's "..thankful for those who have the courage to slaughter." I think that's a nice way of putting it..and I'm sure he's referring to humanely raised animals.

Hi Icaro, sorry I missed this before! I think the concept of functioning as a unit is foundational to our evolution to 4D. The human body is an awesome example of a community of individual (cells) functioning as a unit. As humans come together in a consciousness of wholism, one planet, one unit, we will create a healthier society on all levels, including how we nourish and feed ourselves, which I agree with Diana will be more and more vegetarian as we evolve.

When you say we use each other, I see it more as being interdependent, we are one Body. We support one another, ideally. Equal exchange and give and take. Some may give more and others less, but as a unit , it works out.

That is how it is with my hens. I feed and nourish them, and they provide me food. Equal exchange, symbiosis. They are cute and funny creatures. When I reach in for the eggs, when a hen is sitting on them, she just gently gets up and makes her eggs available to me. Chickens were bred for this very purpose and have nourished humans for a very long time.

Being thankful for what sustains us is a good way to go, I agree with Katz on that one.

I think that having veganism as a moral standard right now is jumping the evolutionary tide. People will have to transition more gently to reprogram our DNA and genetics. Humans have been eating meat for a long time, have been sustained by eating meat; it's not going to be fast change- over. Many people who have tried veganism have failed, what are they supposed to do, beat themselves up over it?

I think that knowing your farmer, buying local harvest is a really important way to change the system. Anything that we can do economically to avoid supporting the corporate and profit driven food system helps.