A Friendly Conversation: Exploring Omnivorous vs. Vegetarian Diet

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Monica, after reading your post above, I would like to make a couple of statements about my own convictions....

I do feel that a plant-based diet is superior to one which includes animals. I see a future in which humanity consciously chooses, more and more, to eat a plant-based diet because it lends itself to the qualities of a spiritualized life, the most important type of development for a human being. Not only does a diet which includes animals increase one's karmic obligations, the vibrations imparted by those foodstuffs tend to drag down one's sensitivity and one's spiritual aspirations. These are my conclusions and not necessarily anyone else's. But I do believe there are important precedents for these convictions, especially in some of the Eastern philosophies.

Compassion for animals, of course, is another primary motivation for a vegan diet. Not only compassion but a realization that men do not have the right to exploit the animal kingdom for frivolous reasons. If you're an eskimo and depend on fish, fine. God understands. Most of us have choice.

edit: One more thing...I recently learned of a vegan cult of sorts in the Los Angeles area that seems a bit extreme in their zeal to convert people to meatless diets. It takes all kinds, I guess, and aggressive vegetarians are certainly a minority, but there's a few out there which give us a bad name....