d wrote:
> When you eat meat you are not only taking food, you are allowing a
> certain
>  animal from which the meat has come to enter in you. The meat was part
> of a particular body, the meat was part of a particular instinct pattern.
> The
>  meat was the animal just a few hours before, and that meat carries all
> the impressions of the animal, all the habits of the animal. When you are
> eating meat your many attitudes will be affected by it.
>
>  Non-vegetarian food is one of the basic causes of the whole society
> being
>  almost in a continuous fight. It makes you insensitive, it makes you
> hard,
>  it makes you a stone. And it creates things in you - anger, violence -
>  which
>  can be easily avoided.
>
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>
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> > >
> > > Body Dharma - on health
> > > Eating a dead animal's flesh we are absorbing the emotions it felt as it
> > was
> > > killed. The chemistry of emotions - neurotransmitter substances - are
> > > identical in man and beast.
> > > Osho describes, "all the body glands (the dying animal's) release
> poisons
> > > because the animal is dying very unwillingly. And when you eat the meat;
> > > that meat carries all the poisons that the animal has released." Bon
> > apetit!
> > >
> > > VEGETARIANISM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Man, naturally, should be a vegetarian, because the whole body is made
> for
> > > vegetarian food. Even scientists concede to the fact that the whole
> > > structure of the human body shows that man should not be a
> non-vegetarian.
> > > Man comes from the monkeys. Monkeys are vegetarians, absolute
> vegetarians.
> > > If Darwin is true then man should be a vegetarian.
> > >
> > > Now there are ways to judge whether a certain species of animal is
> > > vegetarian or non-vegetarian: it depends on the intestine, the length of
> > the
> > > intestine. Non-vegetarian animals have a very small intestine. Tigers,
> > > lions - they have a very small intestine, because meat is already a
> > digested
> > > food. It does not need a long intestine to digest it. The work of
> > digestion
> > > has been done by the animal. Now you are eating the animal's meat. It is
> > > already digested - no long intestine is needed. Man has one of the
> longest
> > > intestines: that means man is a vegetarian. A long digestion is needed,
> > and
> > > much excreta will be there which has to be thrown out.
> > >
> > > If man is not a non-vegetarian and he goes on eating meat, the body is
> > > burdened. In the East, all the great meditators - Buddha, Mahavir - have
> > > emphasized the fact. Not because of any concept of nonviolence - that is
> a
> > > secondary thing - but because if you really want to move in deep
> > meditation
> > > your body needs to be weightless, natural, flowing. Your body needs to
> be
> > > unloaded; and a non-vegetarian's body is very loaded.
> > >
> > > Just watch what happens when you eat meat: when you kill an animal what
> > > happens to the animal when he is killed? Of course, nobody wants to be
> > > killed. Life wants to prolong itself; the animal is not dying willingly.
> > If
> > > somebody kills you, you will not die willingly. If a lion jumps on you
> and
> > > kills you, what will happen to your mind? The same happens when you kill
> a
> > > lion. Agony, fear, death, anguish, anxiety, anger, violence, sadness -
> all
> > > these things happen to the animal. All over his body violence, anguish,
> > > agony spreads. The whole body becomes full of toxins, poisons. All the
> > body
> > > glands release poisons because the animal is dying very unwillingly. And
> > > then you eat the meat; that meat carries all the poisons that the animal
> > has
> > > released. The whole energy is poisonous. Then those poisons are carried
> in
> > > your body.
> > >
> > > That meat which you are eating belonged to an animal body. It had a
> > specific
> > > purpose there. A specific type of consciousness existed in the animal's
> > > body. You are on a higher plane than the animal's consciousness, and
> when
> > > you eat the animal's meat your body goes to the lowest plane, to the
> lower
> > > plane of the animal. Then there exists a gap between your consciousness
> > and
> > > your body, and a tension arises and anxiety arises.
> > >
> > > One should eat things which are natural, natural for you. Fruits, nuts,
> > > vegetables - eat as much as you can. The beauty is that you cannot eat
> > more
> > > of these things than is needed. Whatsoever is natural always gives you a
> > > satisfaction, because it satiates your body, saturates you. You feel
> > > fulfilled. If some thing is unnatural it never gives you a feeling of
> > > fulfillment. Go on eating ice cream: you never feel that you are
> satiated.
> > > In fact the more you eat, the more you feel like eating. It is not a
> food.
> > > Your mind is being tricked. Now you are not eating according to the body
> > > need; you are eating just to taste it. The tongue has become the
> > controller.
> > >
> > > The tongue should not be the controller. It does not know anything about
> > the
> > > stomach. It does not know anything about the body. The tongue has a
> > specific
> > > purpose to fulfill: to taste food. Naturally, the tongue has to judge,
> > that
> > > is the only thing, which food is for the body, for my body and which
> food
> > is
> > > not for my body. It is just a watchman on the door; it is not the
> master,
> > > and if the watchman on the door becomes the master, then everything will
> > be
> > > confused.
> > >
> > > Now advertisers know well that the tongue can be tricked, the nose can
> be
> > > tricked. And they are not the masters. You may not be aware: much food
> > > research goes on in the world, and they say if your nose is closed
> > > completely, and your eyes closed, and then you are given an onion to
> eat,
> > > you cannot tell what you are eating. You cannot tell onion from apple if
> > the
> > > nose is closed completely because half of the taste comes from the
> smell,
> > is
> > > decided by the nose, and half is decided by the tongue. These two have
> > > become the controllers. Now they know: whether ice cream is nutritious
> or
> > > not is not the point. It can carry a flavor, it can carry some chemicals
> > > which fulfill the tongue but are not needed for the body.
> > >
> > > Man is confused, more confused than buffaloes. You cannot convince
> > buffaloes
> > > to eat ice cream. Try!
> > >
> > > A natural food...and when I say natural I mean that which your body
> needs.
> > > The need of a tiger is different; he has to be very violent. If you eat
> > the
> > > meat of a tiger you will be violent, but where will your violence be
> > > expressed? You have to live in human society, not in a jungle. Then you
> > will
> > > have to suppress the violence. Then a vicious circle starts.
> > >
> > > When you suppress violence, what happens? When you feel angry, violent,
> a
> > > certain poisonous energy is released, because that poison creates a
> > > situation where you can be really violent and kill somebody. The energy
> > > moves towards your hands; the energy moves towards your teeth. These are
> > the
> > > two places from where animals become violent. Man is part of the animal
> > > kingdom.
> > >
> > > When you are angry, energy is released - it comes to the hands and to
> the
> > > teeth, to the jaw - but you live in a human society and it is not always
> > > profitable to be angry. You live in a civilized world and you cannot
> > behave
> > > like an animal. If you behave like an animal, you will have to pay too
> > much
> > > for it - and you are not ready to pay that much. Then what do you do?
> You
> > > suppress the anger in the hand; you suppress the anger in your teeth -
> you
> > > go on smiling a false smile, and your teeth go on accumulating anger.
> > >
> > > I have rarely come to see people with a natural jaw. It is not natural -
> > > blocked, stiff - because there is too much anger. If you press the jaw
> of
> > a
> > > person, the anger can be released. Hands become ugly. They lose grace,
> > they
> > > lose flexibility, because too much anger is suppressed there. People who
> > > have been working on deep massage, they have come to know that when you
> > > touch the hands deeply, massage the hands, the person starts becoming
> > angry.
> > > There is no reason. You are massaging the man and suddenly he starts
> > feeling
> > > angry. If you press the jaw, persons become angry again. They carry
> > > accumulated anger. These are the impurities in the body: they have to be
> > > released. If you don't release them the body will remain heavy.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yoga: The Alpha and Omega
> > >
> > > To read more on this subject, go to Library
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> 

Damn trolls!

JaKe