I feel consciousness getting lighter

[outerheaven]

I agree on the point of meat being "heavy," though I'd say all food has a similar grounding effect and helps tie us to third density -- I mean that's quite obvious if we think about it in those terms, right? Eating helps sustain our third density bodies. Some foods far more than others.

Like Minyatur I've done 3 day fasts and the spiritual effects are incredible and wondrous. I stop feeling hungry, and it feels like the door to the spirit world is open. I don't mean to say that starvation is totally awesome and harmless and you can just pass over at will when you're ready ... then again I think the mental approach allows you to see from a different perspective. No doubt I have a privileged view point and don't have to worry about my next meal when I do decide to eat again.

I eat healthy foods, I'm physically active, and I've got a fast metabolism. I also don't particularly like eating -- to me it's more of a chore, but I get the communal aspect and attraction to it. Anyhow, this has given me a unique set of circumstances to ponder our diets and how norms dictate what our bodies should look like and the effect this has on us.

To be honest I'd love to eat less than I do. But if I don't force myself to eat to maintain this body weight, I'll drop quickly and look "unwell" to family/friends and strangers I'm sure too. Plus I'm still wanting to look muscular and fit. And oh, physical vitality is a huge part of it -- I do a lot of physical work and if I'm not eating enough it obviously becomes more difficult.

The question I've always wondered is how much more are we capable of in these 3D bodies, that we don't get to use, because we're so conditioned to be tied to this particular vibration? A vibration in which people are getting larger and larger on unhealthier foods, mind you? How much do our diets enable the society we live in, where so many of us just work work work and never give a thought towards esoteric truths -- because we really can't see or feel as much spiritually?

I'm not intentionally dancing around the point I want to make -- I'll try to be more succinct -- some part of our body image is societal control by programming and conditioning. I don't think anyone would dispute that. What I'm trying to say is that there are very real spiritual ramifications of that.

*goes off to start a cult where nobody eats or works but sits around in heavenly meditation all day*