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Written by Carla Cappiello Golden, LMT
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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Article Source: The Positive Observer
Written by - Carla Cappiello Golden, LMT, June 2009
Why I've Gone Vegan...
 "The most meaningful activity in which a human can be engaged is one that is directly related to human evolution. This is true because human beings now play an active and critical role not only in the process of their own evolution but in the survival and evolution of all living beings. Awareness of this places upon human beings a responsibility for their participation in and contribution to the process of evolution." --Jonas Salk
"Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one." - Marianne Williamson
Recently I heard Dr. Will Tuttle speak about his World Peace Diet (http://www.worldpeacediet.org ) and something profoundly clicked inside of me and altered my life. Everything that I care about (outside of and including my family) came together to fit into one tidy, all-purpose package. Rather than caring about this cause over here and that issue over there, I now could see how I could connectedly care - and make a REAL difference with each meal!
These are the very simplified reasons why I have chosen to adopt the vegan lifestyle in response to reading The World Peace Diet:
1. I care about my health and humans do not need meat to thrive. In fact, meat and animal by-product consumption trigger and complicate most of today's most popular ailments.
2. I care more about the health of our environment than I do about eating meat. Each meal containing animal products (meat, milk, butter, etc.) supports the pollution and destruction of land, water, and air across the planet.
3. I do not want to be responsible for the misery, pain or fear of any animal, caged or free.
4. My mind can not rest in peace at night knowing that my eating of meat prevents others - mostly children - across the world to go without any food. Eating meat supports the starvation of others.
5. I do not support violence on any level whether it is spanking a child, kicking a dog, slashing the throat of a cow or the murder of fellow humans. Eating meat supports violence toward animals, the raping of Earth, corporate greed, and war for oil. A typical diet of bacon at breakfast, bologna at lunch and chicken breast at dinner brings violence into our homes, to our tables and into our bodies. We become agents and perpetuators of violence by ingesting violence and behaving like predators.
6. Refraining from using animal products crosses the boundaries of all religions, all cultures and all time. It is available to anyone at anytime and supports already existing personal alignments. We can all come together on this one!
7. Being a whole food, organic vegan is the one way I know for one person to make the biggest impact on the future. It is self-centered and self-serving to eat meat.
8. Enslaving Africans, enslaving women and enslaving children were never practiced until man started enslaving (herding) animals. Refusing meat not only frees animals but also frees all people and all genders, orientations, ethnicities and ages. Today there is more meat produced than ever before. There is also more slavery than ever before. Animals are not commodities, nor are people.
9. Some of the world's greatest thinkers, achievers and spiritual leaders were vegan and I like standing on the shoulders of giants.
Veganism is my plan for spiritual growth, social justice, world peace, religious freedom and raising consciousness. It is a large, intricate and powerful concept.
Dr. Will Tuttle has made his entire book available as a free download for those of you who wish to learn more about the many reasons to become vegan. You can access that filehere (http://www.worldpeacediet.org/download.htm ).
Carla Golden, LMT is OneHealthyGirl.com
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