an amazing amount of growth in your understanding of who you are in the world. By standing up to being told NO you figured out a lot that could have been lectured ain your general direction. now, are you strong enough to make the decision either way: be an omni (yes, pescas are omnis) or be vegetarian/vegan here and now, maybe with a deadline? Are you strong enough to live with all the fallout of that decision? for me, it came down to: can I directly participate in killing sentient life? The question I wrestle with today is can I INDIRECTLY participate in killing sentient life? as for the dreams, interpreters tell us again and again that what is in the dream is not necessarily what your subconscious is going on about. does meat = temptation or a decision elsewhere in your life? and what do your actions say? I get PMS dreams, unpleasant dreams, about abandonment, and my own leaving. I use them to detail what I could be "addicted" to and what I'm doing to balance adventure/activity with security for later.
wow...just wow... thanks for posting this. i appreciate it a lot it makes me so sad to see a living creature that i know will be slaughtered and eaten. drains the life out of me...
I don't think I've ever had a meat eating dream. Meat is repulsive to me. When I walk into a supermarket, I can pick up on where the meat section is just by my sense of smell. Know why? Because it all smells dead to me now. The smell of death is everywhere in the store. Just like smokers can't tell how bad they reek of tobacco, meat eaters can't smell what I smell. x
I've been a vegetarian for three or four years. After a while it became so natural to me. Every day, I don't have to remind myself I'm a vegetarian. I just know. I've had a meat-eating dream once before I believe. I was eating a raw hot dog. I would take a few bites, eat, and then throw it up as I felt guilty and disgusted that I had eaten it. I would then continue eating and repeating. It was quite strange. Secretly...I've had cravings. I hate it and I hate admitting it. I've never told anyone. This is my first time admitting it. But they are rare occurances. That dream I cannot explain to this day.
but I believe everything is sentinent. not always to the understanding of science. thats a big part of my confusion
sorry, i still see that line as a cop out when it comes to diet. Just like Cowpie's "animals give themselves to be eaten." yeah, we never hear of a carrot running away from a salad shooter. yes, divine is in all, but we are talking a scientific designation of "sentience" when you divide the animal kingdom from plants.
I don't mean it to be a cop out. I am really struggling with these notions. perhaps we both just disagree, but regardless of personal conviction and self sought out truths, neither of us, if any, are closer than the other to true truths. you may be my better for just getting it, but I don't know, maybe I am just expanding my mind in my own unique light. I wish you could tell me more than just what I may believe is rubbish. It's harder to learn from just yourself. I don't see how Cowpie's "animals sacrifice themselves" is crazy. I wish I could see it your way but I'm not so sure I do.