Vegetarianism and it effects in spirituality

[AngelBlue]

Originally Posted by Podshell

I think if we lived more natural lives and had to kill to eat,we may feel better only killinp what we need to,it may inpact on our mental,spiritual and physical life to over kill just due to it tasting good.

I've always said though that I couldn't do it and I say that because I've had one or two instances of being "presented " with freshly killed food.
I actually threatened divorce If it wasn't taken out of the oven and out of my house.
I know it sounds as though I am contradicting myself because I am 100 % an omnivore , but I couldn't do the deed myself.
I know things would be very different if we were still in the caves and we were taught to hunt , catch and prepare our own food , but we're not.
I can swear that I don't even think I could cook and eat a freshly laid egg even though they are meant to be so much nicer than shop bought.
In short , I can't eat anything that is "still warm".
Also I only ever eat anything from the food chain.

[AngelBlue]

But as for the spiritual aspect , it's makes no difference.
Would be crazy to assume only vegetarians are spiritual.

[Midrich]

Does being a vegetarian provide some benefits in one’s spiritual life ? Yes . I think it does . The physical and the spiritual cannot be separated . The spiritual comes from the mind and the mind is in the brain which is in the physical body . Personally I feel bloated and heavy and sluggish depending on what I eat and my digestive organs have to work all the harder to get it through my system . I’ve read that the body doesn’t need as much food as most of us think . Learning that was an “aha !” moment for me . Giving up meat wasn’t hard for me . The meat you buy today is just not right . Too young chickens injected with salt water and beef that’s been traumatized in slaughter houses . That negative energy transmits to you when you eat it . I could go on and on because I feel very strongly about this but I think that vegetarians have greater spiritual peace than flesh eaters .