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**lkastonidwedsrer** · 10-14-2011, 06:42 AM

So I was sitting meditating this morning, and came aware of a hard "lump" of dead/bad feeling in my solar plexus. Thoughts came to mind of people who had taken away my personal power, and I kept practicing the letting go. Many things came up....realizations of how they acted out of ignorance, anger at how they had "set the stage" for my doormat-status while I was still young, I cried some, and kept practicing the letting go with each new thing as it came.

hi Seeuzin

this sounds very good; it is purification; as long you see clearly they acted out of ignorance & from a lack of love & compassion

in seeing like this, it should mean your heart is growing in wisdom, love & compassion; it should mean you are learning what is right action towards others

in your growth of love & compassion (towards yourself & others), which comes from meditation, you should be able to see how others did not act with love & compassion

the more you see clearly, from the basis of love & compassion, the more your personal power will be restored & the more the power others had over your mind will be eliminated

In the middle of letting go of the people and thoughts, the thought of how I eat meat came up. "I've taken away these animals' power by supporting the ones who keep them in inhumane conditions all their life. Then in the end they are killed!"

This is the way to cultivate compassion for all beings and develop vegetarianism.

I had a brief flash of the thought "never again" - then doubted whether I could keep that resolve for even a few days. I felt waves of shame at my ignorance, because it felt like my meat-eating does come from ignorance - like I don't understand, on a deep enough level, the necessity of caring for the animals like I care for myself. This all happened very fast.!"

If you wish to pursue vegetarianism out of non-harming, then you must always reflect when eating food, that the non-vegetarian food you are eating is coming from the killing of other life.

I personally am mostly vegetarian although I do eat sardine fish (and eat six eggs a week but eggs are not killing).

However, I will not say all non-vegetarianism is ignorance because often beings have no choice to sustain themselves on other beings.

Kind regards

Element

10-14-2011, 06:42 AM	#4
lkastonidwedsrer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 317 Senior Member	So I was sitting meditating this morning, and came aware of a hard "lump" of dead/bad feeling in my solar plexus. Thoughts came to mind of people who had taken away my personal power, and I kept practicing the letting go. Many things came up....realizations of how they acted out of ignorance, anger at how they had "set the stage" for my doormat-status while I was still young, I cried some, and kept practicing the letting go with each new thing as it came. hi Seeuzin this sounds very good; it is purification; as long you see clearly they acted out of ignorance & from a lack of love & compassion in seeing like this, it should mean your heart is growing in wisdom, love & compassion; it should mean you are learning what is right action towards others in your growth of love & compassion (towards yourself & others), which comes from meditation, you should be able to see how others did not act with love & compassion the more you see clearly, from the basis of love & compassion, the more your personal power will be restored & the more the power others had over your mind will be eliminated In the middle of letting go of the people and thoughts, the thought of how I eat meat came up. "I've taken away these animals' power by supporting the ones who keep them in inhumane conditions all their life. Then in the end they are killed!" This is the way to cultivate compassion for all beings and develop vegetarianism. I had a brief flash of the thought "never again" - then doubted whether I could keep that resolve for even a few days. I felt waves of shame at my ignorance, because it felt like my meat-eating does come from ignorance - like I don't understand, on a deep enough level, the necessity of caring for the animals like I care for myself. This all happened very fast.!" If you wish to pursue vegetarianism out of non-harming, then you must always reflect when eating food, that the non-vegetarian food you are eating is coming from the killing of other life. I personally am mostly vegetarian although I do eat sardine fish (and eat six eggs a week but eggs are not killing). However, I will not say all non-vegetarianism is ignorance because often beings have no choice to sustain themselves on other beings. Kind regards Element
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