[split] "Some people eat animals, some don't."

[Jade]

I don't mean to contradict any further discussion that has been had but I would like to add what I feel is my take on one of the metaphysical sides of the energy transfers of consuming factory farmed food.

Firstly, these beings live in fear. Plants and animals alike. I can basically make that as a blanket statement. When we consume that fear/abused consciousness, it does not do our spirit well. It is obviously best to raise food with love and nourishment and consume that.

I think where it gets worse with animals is that as they are closer to 3D awareness, that suffering is sharper and more sympathetic to ours. Animals born into our meat system are removed from their mother (their protector, who therefore is truly tortured because her one job, to procreate and rear her young successfully, has been destroyed), and then either killed or force fed on a concoction that makes them grow as fast as possible so that they can be slaughtered to be eaten. Plants do indeed have it rough too, they are sprayed with poison and planted in monocultures, etc. But when we can truly empathize with the animal it is more distinct and painful. It's hard to feel empathy for a seed ripped from its mother plant, as that is the natural way of things anyway, and what the plant desires. Anyway -

We can look at it through the Catalyst of the Body. Many, many people are "lactose-intolerant" (more than even admit it; about 75% of humans are considered lactose-intolerant.) Many people are also becoming gluten-intolerant (due to the intensive farming practices we use for wheat w/Round-up to shorten ripening time; also commercial wheat products often use animal by-products as dough conditioners). These people have unconscious or conscious bodily reactions to the food they eat, for whatever myriad of metaphysical reasons that may act upon their energy systems. This is just one example.

My experience is that, in the over 3 years that I have now been vegan, I have not been sick, once. No colds, no flus, no sore throats, barely a stuffy nose. I heal extremely fast. I have much less anxiety. I get migraines once every other month, as opposed to several times a month. Before I was vegan, I was very, very sickly, especially after mealtimes. I had an ulcer at the age of 22. All of this went away and the common link, to me, was my dietary change. It was extreme, and I received extreme results. It was a sacrifice I made, the crux ansata. I have continued to listen to my body as it tells me what not to consume (and that includes the myriad of cleaning/hygiene chemicals we use daily) and my sensitivity continues to go up, which is a trial. The other day I smelled someone smoking a cigarette inside a car 2 blocks away.

People experience the Catalyst of the Body in other ways, too. A few days ago, a pig escaped a freight truck bound for slaughter on the highway through town. It was dragged for a few miles underneath the semi before the semi stopped and the pig, alive, struggled to hide beneath the rig. Animal Control came and the headlines of the newspaper read, "Pig safely rescued on 1-25", and the comments applauded the heroic efforts of the rescuers. The pig, who was deemed well despite road rash, was then returned to its "owner", who sent it back on its way to slaughter. Many who felt elation at the "rescue" of the "poor pig" continued on to their dinner that evening to eat pork chops or bacon. To me, this is a total rejection of catalyst. Those who look their pets in the eyes and experience true love and recognition of the light of a soul within them but then believe things like cows aren't able to achieve that sort of sentience, in my opinion, are also rejecting catalyst. Or birds! Birds are arguably more aware than most mammals, even. But we chop off their beaks, stuff them in pens, and force them to produce, produce, produce.



Both of the entities ascending and descending the wheel are attached at their bellies (and throats). The Set has a parasitic serpent which is helping attribute to its downfall. The ascending entity's attachment is part of the wheel, and attributing to its ascent. I think this can be seen as an image alluding to what we eat/consume offering us bodily catalyst. The sphinx holding the spear's limbs form the crux. All three beings are also part animal (and also, not part plant).

I know the Wheel of Fortune/Catalyst of the Body can be more-or-less in the control of a strong adept who is good at transmutation, but sadly, this is not the case for the great majority of the population at whole, including these forums (no offense, anyone). The metaphysical concept of the archetypes per Ra is the study of an incarnation, it's not meant to be mastered quickly.