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Originally Posted by Mato Kinze  Everything that "lives" consumes other things. Whether it's a Lion hunting and stalking a Gazelle, a Shark hunting fish, a Whale eating Plankton, or even a plant breaking down bacteria and other elements in the soil, all things use other things to survive. This is not evil nor 'unfair'. It is Life. |
Very true. Eating meat needn't be at all negative. When I was visiting a few local farms this weekend, my girlfriend pointed out just how nice the man leading us around his biodynamic farm was. If he'd taken on any sort of negative energy, he must have transmuted it or it certainly didn't show. He had free range beef, lamb, goat, vegetables, eggs and such. And by free range, the hens had a fence, but during the day it was open and they were freely wandering around the rest of the farm and dining on the compost pile. It was just a very relaxing, lovely place to be, and the prices were good.
Some people think that meat inhibits spirituality, while native Americans often had the opposite view, that when an animal relinquishes its body to you in a respectful exchange, some of its spiritual energy is added to yours.