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Message: <blockquote data-quote="unbiasedview" data-source="post: 162881" data-attributes="member: 6845"><p>emotions are a componenent of higher beings,are  present in animals and  human beings not in plants!if u overlook feelings and emotions ,you are  becoming insensitive!if u overlook the cry of an animal when it is being  killed,you already suppressed a part of spirituality in you!i would ask  why not to eat humans!u would say that would eliminate species!ok  agreed,but suppose someone recently died of an accident ,he is still  fresh,why to burn or bury him,why not to eat him!i tell you why,because  we are sensitive to our species,because we have feelings ,emotions!!next  thing which resembles you is an animal!it has emotions like you!when  you cut a goat and you find a foetus in its womb,if u can overlook  that,then i would say you  already have hurdle in your spiritual path! !but  jus  being veggie doesnt gives u spiritual superiority,there is lot more aspects of it!thats why guru nanak  said fools who wrangle over flesh!my take is i would eat flesh only when  i dont get anything to eat,because humans being higher species have  right to sacrifice lower species for its on survival,!but jus for sake  of taste of tongue!im not doing it!so only god knows what is real  truth,but one shld follow his heart on this subject and not fight over  it!if ur convinced you shld,if not u shldnt!if u keep your sensitivity  to an emotion expressing non human species,there are better chances you will remain  sensitive to your species.baaki guru nanak di awastha was supreme!ordinary human beings like us are at the first stage of spirituality are affected by such things!after eating heavy meal ppl like us who are so senses driven struggle to concentrate and meat is a heavy meal no doubt!it may not matter at higher awastha but for beginners it does matters!but it is too complex a matter to get to the root of!i think ppl should follow their heart!if u dont have any question marks,you should eat it,if you have ,then you shldnt?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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