TheIslamicfaithhasasimilartraditiontoLent,calledRamadan.TheobservanceofLentandRa-
madanimpliesanunderstandingthatfasting,vegetarianismandabstinencearemeanstobringinga
personclosertotheirdivineessence.Sowhydon’tthesereligionsinstitutethispolicyeverydayof
the year instead of just onAsh Wednesday, andGoodFriday or Ramadan?
OnefactorwhichshapedWesternChristianityisthefactthatthepeoplesoftheEuropeanandMiddle
Easternculturehavelivedforthousandsofyearsonadietwhichincludesmeat.Verypossiblythe
practiceofvegetarianismwasdifficulttoinstitutesinceeatingmeatissomewhataddictive,likea
drug.However,allvicesneedtobecorrectedifahumanbeingexpectstoattainhigherspiritualreal-
ization.Howcanapersonprofesstolovehumanityandnatureiftheypromotethekillingandeating
ofanimals?Animalshaveminds,whicharedevelopedtoalesserdegreethanthoseofhumanbeings
are,buttheyfeelpainandanguishnevertheless,andtheyexpressthisintwowayswhentheyare
killed.First,thenegativementalvibrationsofanger,hatredandanguishgointotheenvironmentand
degradetheplanet.Asensitivepersoncanfeelthesevibrationsjustasonefeelsvibrationsofgood
willorillwillwhenenteringaroomfilledwithotherpeople.Secondly,atthetimeofdeaththeanim-
alssecretetoxinsintotheirtissues,whichactaspoisonsinthehumanbody.Isitanywonderthat
Westerncountrieshaveahigherincidenceofgastrointestinal(colon)cancers?Meatalsoisvery
groundingtothesoul.Thismeansthatithelpstointensifybody-consciousnessanddullsspiritual
sensitivity.
Further,themeatindustryisconstantlyexperiencingscandalsaboutantibioticsandhormonesfedor
implantedincattletomakethemgrowfaster,chemicalsaddedtopreservethemeatinstores,and
deathsoccurringfrommeatcontaminatedwithdeadlybacteria.Yetmeatisadvocatedbytheindustry
undertheguiseofservingthepublichealthneeds.Isitgoodservicetohumanitytopromote
something which leads to death?
Greedplaysanimportantpartindeludingapersonintosellingpoisontoanother.Delusion,ignorance
andweakwillplayimportantrolesincompellingapersontodothingsevenwhentheyknowthose
thingsarenotgoodforthem.Ifyouwanttoreachfortheheightsofspirituality,youmuststriveto
purifyyourphysicalbodyaswellasyourmind.Ifitmeansgoingagainstthenormofsociety,then
Amen(sobeit).Vegetarianismandthecontrolofthesex-urgearetwoimportantwaysofchanneling
theenergiesofthemind,enablingyoutodirectittowardsspiritualrealization.Thereisavegetarian
sayingthatgoes“Oneshouldmakeone’sstomachintoagardenandnotagraveyard.”Whenyoueat
meat,itrots(putrefies)inyourgutsbecausethereisnoproperdigestiontheretodealwithit.Inaddi-
tion,thehumangastrointestinalsystemisextremelylonglikeherbivores(animalswhichliveon
plants),incontrasttotheveryshortintestinaltractofcarnivores(animalswhicheatotheranimalsto
survive).Thisfurtherexacerbatestheprocessofputrefactionandsetsthestageforcoloncancer.
Whenyouseeadeadanimalonthesideoftheroad,reflectonwhatishappeningtoitandrealizethat
whenyoueatmeat,youarepoisoningyourselfasifyouwereeatingfromthatsamecarcass!Oneoth-
erpointaswearediscussingdeadcarcasses,isthatifyouweretrulycarnivorous,everytimeyousee
a dead animal on the road, you should start salivating and licking your lips, as a dog would!
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