Why I am not a vegan

[Monica]

I think that having veganism as a moral standard right now is jumping the evolutionary tide.

There have been many rapid leaps in society: The ending of slavery, the industrial revolution, taking baths! the age of electronics...People have adapted before and they can adapt again. A few generations from now, they will look back on meat-eating with disgust, the way we now look at blood-letting and using leaches. Third-world countries and remote villages will take longer, but then again, they aren't eating nearly as much meat as industrialized nations to begin with.

People will have to transition more gently to reprogram our DNA and genetics.

Cutting-edge scientists present evidence that DNA can change rapidly. There is evidence right now that many children have already developed DNA changes, in the last decade or so. It's already happening. It can happen fast. Maybe this is part of what the shift to 4D is all about. Leaps in consciousness is what changes DNA. We don't have to wait. We can do it...NOW! But we have to start with ourselves.

Humans have been eating meat for a long time, have been sustained by eating meat; it's not going to be fast change- over.

We shall see. That depends largely on US...As I've said many times, if even so-called 'Wanderers' don't get it, don't see compassion as a response to this cruelty, then what hope is there for the rest of the world?

Meanwhile, vegetarians/vegans are growing in numbers, far faster than I would have believed a few decades ago when I quit eating animals. Back then, 33 years ago, there was no such thing as a vegetarian restaurant in my city of 2 million, and it was extremely difficult to eat out. Now there are several vegetarian restaurants, 2 of them vegan! And it's easy to find vegan food anywhere. I counted 6 - 6!!! vegan restaurants in another large city, and that wasn't even the whole city, but just an area of it. Mainstream chains now have veggie burgers, and most restaurants will accommodate vegans. People scoff at vegans but at least they now know what they are, and it's getting trendier as more celebrities (like our 'STS' (?) friend Clinton) restore their health. As cancer and heart disease rates skyrocket, more and more people are looking at alternatives. The science is there, it's unmistakable.

Whereas the US vegetarian population is only about 2%, in Britain it's 12%!!!

I predict that the whole world will shift to mostly vegan before the end of the century, at the latest. Why? Because they will have no choice. It is mathematically impossible for the planet to continue to sustain a meat-based diet beyond a few more decades. Mathematically impossible.

So whether they like it or not, people are going to have to change if they want to leave behind a planet for their children and grandchilcren.

Many people who have tried veganism have failed, what are they supposed to do, beat themselves up over it?

No. Simply get educated. There are reasons why they failed and we now know what those reasons are. The early vegans were pioneers. There has been a learning curve, no doubt. 26 years ago I had the confidence to raise my son vegetarian, but not vegan. If I had a child now, of course I'd raise him vegan. I now have plenty of confidence and plenty of resources to know how to do it right. I didn't back then.

We now have doctors reversing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and all sorts of things by getting their patients on a vegan diet. It's well documented, and even Medicare accepts the vegan lifestyle program and has 50+ hospitals offering it. Dr. Gabriel Cousens boasts a virtually 100% success rate with people who previously 'failed' at being vegan but still want to do it, for spiritual or ethical reasons. By working with thousands of people, he has discovered that certain metabolic types do better with different types of vegan diets. Anyone - ANYONE - can thrive on a vegan diet! This has been clinically proven. BUT not everyone has the same metabolic type, so it's a simple matter of making some minor adjustments.

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.

Yes, that is important too. But quitting meat is the single most important first step. The meat industry is the insatiable monster that drives everything...it is the reason so many farmers have sold out to corporate in the first place.