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Originally Posted by Malynda
[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]I am currently working on curbing my meat habit. I am far from there but have really cut down on eating meat of any sort. One thing, and I think someone else on the forum mentioned it somewhere, I have always wondered is why it's ok to eat plants but not animals? I'm thinking this is a flesh thing or consciousness thing but isn't our idea of flesh relative and don't plants have consciousness? I can, at this point, only really see two things to eat on this planet - meat and veggies. I really have always wondered this and just can't find or hear a good answer within myself. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? Thanks for posting this krystal.
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You are half way there and it's wonderful. If you do not eat any meat for a period of at least 3 months you won't be able to tolerate the bacterial smells afterwards. Plants are mainly water and yes there is consciousness in everything but when you cut a branch off a plant it grows a few more and this does not happen in the animal kingdom.
The point I am making here is that there is great karmic debt in the killing of "living beings", animals have souls whilst plants have not yet evolved to that degree therefore the karma is not so great.
I am sure others see my point here..... how can we be trusted as a civilized society when we are still acting like in the dark ages.... killing animals by the billions and destroying our planet in the meantime.