Vegetarianism
He believes that meat is contaminated by the pain and fear of the animal at the time of its death and that this spiritual and chemical contamination is transmitted to those who eat the flesh. I am not sure of the science of that but I understand the spiritual concept. Also I may have some understanding of his personal situation when I learned that his father was a butcher. I once visited an abattoir and the image has remained with me ever since. However, I do not understand his further suggestion that I should give up onions and garlic. As someone with an eating disorder, I am reluctant to extend the basic principles of abstinence (from sugar and white flour) that have stood me in good stead for the last twenty five years. I am keen to continue to follow a spiritual path, as best I can, but I am not sure that vegetarianism would be the best route for me.
January 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I was always and will always be concerned when I see suffering addicts with eating disorders suddenly turning vegetarian or vegan. As a vegan for nearly 12 years I am alarmed to see many sick people using this spirtual/diet/life style as another means to ‘control’ and limit their food intake.
Many a time have I seen fellow pale vegans so skinny studying nutirion and fads like raw food diet….makes me want to do an intervention and get them into eating disorder units. I personally believe that animal free diets should only be taken up by people when they have a good length of recovery time from their eating disorder
love and light
xxx