Any vegetarians?

[w0rd]

I am one.

been one since my enlightenment (Jan, '08)

[WhiteShadow]

I'm one too, since october of last year. My family doesn't understand it but I can feel what the animals have to go through, its depressing.

[Naterade]

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[xoxos]

going on two decades

[w0rd]

i love not eating meat


my whole thought pattern changed

more peaceful

[xoxos]

jainist doctrine (imo the most reasonable of the recorded belief systems) teaches that (of course..) you absorb the karma from the food.. animals (or plants) kept in unhappy conditions or that suffered aren't good to eat.

jainism is picky about food.. even fruits and nuts impart desire as these plant parts wish to reproduce. rice otoh has a grain but does not reproduce from it, making it, in nature, a fairly karmic-free food.. or at least free of reproductive intent and associated karma.

fwiw ymmv

[w0rd]

do u think its ok to eat fish?

[Naterade]

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[w0rd]

i eat fish but rarely

i need the phosphorus


and can u suggest me some foods that can effectivley replace all the nutrients and stuff u get from meat?

[xoxos]

i eat fish but rarely

i need the phosphorus


and can u suggest me some foods that can effectivley replace all the nutrients and stuff u get from meat?

i've seen crazy recipes about brewing strange stuff to replace b12 et c, but basically..

..when i was younger and still wondering about my education (more as a function of being immersed in it) i was generally too broke to worry about it.

now that i'm older i find my health is a matter of my state of mind, and what i believe in.

i don't know if you've seen those poverty movies where they ask people what they ate and they all say "beans and tortillas," i ate that and only that (apart from lemon juice and sugar) for.. 8 years..

in my spare time i like to hike in the desert (hot!) without water. so no, i don't believe that i'm going to shrivel up because i haven't eaten anything with eyeballs lately

for the sake of argument, my pa is the opposite.. raised wild on meat and only meat.. doesn't understand how i exist, but we're both pretty hardy, which is why i tend to think what one believes is what matters.

[Synchronistic_Someone]

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[Shvat]

i've been vegetarian since february
i always wanted to be one, but my family eats meat like there's no tomorrow. if you've seen my big fat greek wedding, well my family is greek.
but anyways a friend of mine decided to be veg, so i did with her. she quit after a week but i stayed =P

i'm actually all for eating meat lol
just that they torcher the animals to the point where most can't walk and all live in extremely unhealthy conditions. in a natural state, meat would probably be nutritious, but not the way we get it today.

[Synchronistic_Someone]

http://www.thegardendiet.com

[Onlooker]

jainist doctrine (imo the most reasonable of the recorded belief systems) teaches that (of course..) you absorb the karma from the food.. animals (or plants) kept in unhappy conditions or that suffered aren't good to eat.

Completely agree!

I went veggie 20 years ago, then vegan 5 years ago. Each to their own

[Hearsekid]

OMG u guys are illy
dude, meats good, hot dogs are goooood,tacos are booommmbbb,bacon is raw son!!!!! sausage sucks I feel ya on that one, but hamburgers are YUHMAY! seriously, for thanksgiving my friends GF instead of eating turkey with the rest of us had TOFURKEY LMAO!!! dude its gross, she even thought so, fruits rule tho shakes and such, blendies mOS DEF!!! If you want something that replaces all the NUMMY nurishment of meat , yeah , its called MEAT LOLZ!!! lots of it!! on huge plates, dead pigs with fruit in the eye sockets!!! have a yummy SPAMMICH!!! or a fat pork chop, perhaps a sexy STEAK MMMMMMMMM!!!! loaded with A1 and tobasco!!! OR even a bacon wrapped pork chop!!! hope this makes you want to go order up a half a dead cow lolz..

[dmstarck]

The moment when you all decided to become veggie or vegan, how did your families, partners, etc react? For me it is beeing a little difficult, my closest relatives doesn´t understand my decision, and everytime I visit them they insist on giving me meat, or get mad when I try to explain my choice ( as if it would affect them somehow). Anyway it is funny how people react.....

[Onlooker]

The moment when you all decided to become veggie or vegan, how did your families, partners, etc react? For me it is beeing a little difficult, my closest relatives doesn´t understand my decision, and everytime I visit them they insist on giving me meat, or get mad when I try to explain my choice ( as if it would affect them somehow). Anyway it is funny how people react.....

My friends were fine, my family thought it was 'just a phase' and wondered how I could be healthy (LMAO!), when I went vegan, my man went veggie around the same time after living with me for years and eating some of the veggie foods (meat substitutes) that I ate, my dad worried about my health (even though I am in the health industry and I was 35, lol!) but as I'm still alive & healthy I think he's ok now
My current partner is veggie, he has alot of respect for my principles. Some friends wonder what I eat and get frustrated about it for some strange reason, even though we don't eat together!!

If your relatives don't understand you that's fine, but trying to force meat on you when you don't want it is disrespectful of your choices, I wouldn't bother justifying it any more, just say 'no thanks' to the food and take your own

[Shvat]

The moment when you all decided to become veggie or vegan, how did your families, partners, etc react? For me it is beeing a little difficult, my closest relatives doesn´t understand my decision, and everytime I visit them they insist on giving me meat, or get mad when I try to explain my choice ( as if it would affect them somehow). Anyway it is funny how people react.....

my mom didn't believe me when i told her lol, its normal that not everyone is going to agree with you.
she still even tries to get me to switch back every now and again, but her main concern is my health i suppose.
my dad was pretty fine with it, he's buddhist though.

showing a pro-veg video to my younger cousin was all it took to explain my choice to her =]

[-LW]

The moment when you all decided to become veggie or vegan, how did your families, partners, etc react? For me it is beeing a little difficult, my closest relatives doesn´t understand my decision, and everytime I visit them they insist on giving me meat, or get mad when I try to explain my choice ( as if it would affect them somehow). Anyway it is funny how people react.....

the guy i see eats some meat mostly sashimi but has no problem with me being veg. he is allergic to cheese so when i say "puss and blood" we usually grose out together.

my family just teases me a little - i can take it.

[xoxos]

OMG u guys are illy
dude, meats good

i'm sure you'd be pretty good too fried up with onions and peppers.


do you know what your consumerism is doing to their lives???