tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123326368423499292.post860916645721024364..comments2023-10-08T08:48:18.513-04:00Comments on The Dalai Grandma: You are how you eat?Jeanne Desyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800258273705288582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123326368423499292.post-59384217682460888762011-07-04T22:51:00.831-04:002011-07-04T22:51:00.831-04:00You might also try reading "The Omnivore'...You might also try reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" which talks about the positives and negatives of all sides. This is an issue I'm constantly torn over.d'Artagnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027328289217391930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123326368423499292.post-15437812957329638332011-07-04T01:41:36.506-04:002011-07-04T01:41:36.506-04:00I am lucky, I have vegetarian all my life. My Mum ...I am lucky, I have vegetarian all my life. My Mum brought me up as a vegetarian. Obviously I could have chosen to become a meat eater. I am not anti-meat eating (I'm sure there is a better word for that...anti-omnivore??). Each to their own, I say. I have always said that if you can kill it, then eat it. I personally cannot kill anything, I cannot watch a creature suffer, so I cannot eat them. I am not a very good vegetarian, and I should make more of an effort really. But also, more recently, I am not much of an eater either. Not because of any illness, but because I have found that I only need to eat to survive, and I need little to survive. I think we generally all eat too much and we don't listen to our bodies. <br /><br />I suppose I have been brought up to see, and continue to see, that that pile of food is a living creature who has died for our 'benefit'.<br /><br />If a doctor came to me and said that in order for me to survive a bit longer on the planet, I would have to eat meat, I would simply die more quickly! I couldn't do it. If that is what is meant to be, then that is what is meant to be, but I couldn't eat a creature for my own benefit. Perhaps that makes me a bit mad, but I do see every creature as equal in my world, and just as I wouldn't eat my next door neighbour, or my dog, I wouldn't eat any other living creature either. Heaven help me if science discovers that a carrot has feelings, that's all I can say. <br /><br />I hope you do manage to become a vegetarian, as it sounds as if that is what you truly want to do. I can't tell you if it is hard or not, as I have never had to do it, but many people I speak to reached a point where they just didn't enjoy it any more, for one reason or another, and that helps, I think. I hope it is an easy transition for you too. <br /><br />:-) P xNic https://www.blogger.com/profile/16155143861854659940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123326368423499292.post-83245111522532284212011-07-03T23:30:59.201-04:002011-07-03T23:30:59.201-04:00I was a UU for years off and on. Sadly, there is n...I was a UU for years off and on. Sadly, there is not a fellowship within 4 hours of where I now live, and I do miss it. Ah well....<br />I wish a cat would come choose me before I have to go searching for her. <br />Also, I am one of those kind of vegetarians where I don't care for meat as it messes with my stomach but occasionally I just love to have a hamburger. I find that when I am in pain, I tend to crave sugar ever so badly. It is like I cannot get enough sugar and I want nothing else. I read something about this somewhere and the idea that sugar helps with pain.<br />No accidents, only luck.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.com