Hi Steve,
I've enjoyed a lot of your writing since I discovered your blog -specially since the raw food diet series- but this is the first time I participate on the forums.
I find your latest articles about the "other side" quite shocking. I tend not to dismiss anything as "impossible", -as I like to believe anything is possible- even though I am biased towards the things that make more sense to me when it comes to practical things.
I saw about your recommended reading list from a reply of yours on this forum, as I was about to ask you for something like that, but I also have another question if you find the time to help me out (or anyone else for that matter).
Although I do find spiritual subjects quite interesting, it appears to me that most people that advertise themselves as "spiritual" are full of it. I've attended hermetics meetings for example, and people there just seem disconnected with what they talk about. How do you now when someone isn't really spiritual? How do you find those who are?
Also, besides your reading list, is there anything else one can do to explore this fascinating world of spirituality?
Well, now that I wrote this long post, what the heck, I'll throw you a controversial question which I hope you can give me your views on. What do you think about the view that people that eat meat are unable to ever achieve enlightement due to the very nature of what they do?
I ask because even do I haven't eaten meat since I was 3, recently I did the raw food experiment, and now that I went back to cooked food I can feel a big difference (which I didn't feel when I was on the raw diet) and a tremendous pull to go back to that, so I kind of wonder what the difference would be for those who eat meat and how that affects their/our spirit.
Please don't start a flame war, I just want to know your views (all of you
Kind regards,
Ivan
PS: I've never had a mentor, but I feel like you've become a great one for me. You've helped me explore many amazing things about life, and for that, I sincerely thank you