1998/09/21  16:31  
 kundalini-l-d Digest V98 #671 
  
kundalini-l-d Digest				Volume 98 : Issue 671
 
Today's Topics: 
  Fire                                  [ "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.c ] 
  Re: Warm fuzzies please...            [ "RevDL.K.RM" <htminATnospamptdprolog.net> ] 
  Re: aminals                           [ "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.c ] 
  Re: aminals                           [ "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.c ] 
  Re: aminals                           [ "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.c ] 
  Re: prana and kundalini and animals   [ "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.c ] 
  Re: animal healing                    [ "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.c ] 
  Re: Animals and suicide               [ Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.i ] 
  Re: Animals and suicide               [ WEIVODAATnospamaol.com ] 
  Re: Animals/dreams                    [ onarresATnospaminreach.com ] 
  Re: Animals and suicide               [ "Kat" <kcliffordATnospamodyssey.on.ca> ] 
  A TIME for Every Season (Re: tapes)   [ "Wonderer" <mrtn74aATnospamprodigy.com> ] 
  Re: animal healing / animal consciou  [ "Wonderer" <mrtn74aATnospamprodigy.com> ] 
  shout from rooftops                   [ Maureen Heffernan <morlightATnospammhonlin ] 
  Re: Killing of animals--bad dharmic,  [ PamENixonATnospamaol.com ] 
  Fwd: Fwd: keep passin it on..]        [ Fernando Velez-Pardo <fvelezATnospamcititr ] 
  Re: Animals and suicide               [ "Evelyn Niedbalec" <log_me_inATnospamhotma ] 
Date: 21 Sep 98 15:26:17 +0000 
From: "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Fire 
Message-Id: <OUT-36067018.MD-1.0.paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
 
Hi
 
Laying down to sleep last night I began to get kind of hot inside. I 
slept and dreampt. I was on holiday except that the place I was 
staying in seemed to be just over the road from where I live, although 
I had no knowledge about this. I had a lot of belongings with me. But 
then there began a fire. It wasn't a normal fire it was very 
different. It was like a wall of flame, kind of solid, pervading all 
spaces but the surface of the wall didn't have a whole lot of 
outstanding activity. Yet, the wall advanced.
 
Firstly it consumed the entirity of the place I was living. All my 
belongings were totally destroyed. I had no choice but to keep moving 
because the flames just kept advancing gradually closer, not 
dangerously but kind of like lava. There was no questioning its 
advance. So I ran, and I seemed to be running to within myself. There 
were at first a number of pathways and something of a labarynth of 
corners and turns. Still the wall of fire followed, but now it was 
getting lower and began to turn into a sort of river very close to the 
ground, more lava-like but still just pure flames. There was no actual 
combustion as far as I could see, no smoke, and no heat. I had to keep 
going on and I finally started to get the feeling that I kind of knew 
that where I was going.
 
Turning a corner into a dead-end the flames had almost completely 
subsided in little scatterings of hot puddles behind me, and their 
advance had stopped. But now I seemed to be at the very core of 
myself. On the ground was a stone slab into which was impressed a 
design which featured mainly a very simple bold cross. Somehow I 
believed that standing there would give me immunity. So I did, and I 
seemed to become black as the night as if I were made of outer space, 
just empty and nothing. A couple of people were strolling past nearby 
and they looked in my direction but they did not see me, although I 
was easily within line of sight. I felt that I was made of nothing.
 
The scene blipped away and the dream continued with me on the other 
side of the road down the hill a bit. There was a car parked and 
outside of it was a policeman who was interviewing the driver about 
the fire. The woman was telling him about her loss and on passing by I 
found it amazingly coincidental that it had happened to me also and 
that I was there by chance alone without any dependency on meaning. I 
stood and watched and listened and the cop man was not terribly 
attractive, he had lots of spots and strange hair and was kind of 
goofy. But to me this didn't matter and I felt that that was good 
enough, that I was greatful for him looking even that good. I began to 
tell him of how the fire had consumed me home and I felt a kind of 
loving sadness in my eyes like crying without tears or self 
absorbtion.
 
I then walked up the road a little to my home, and it was like coming 
home after a long holiday. I didn't really recognise anything. And the 
strange thing was that I arrived there with no baggage or luggage, and 
even to me this seemed a bit strange. I kept thinking that surely I 
must have /some/ stuff with me, but I didn't. I got inside and all I 
had with me was this electronic keyboard thing, and even that I only 
had because I'd won it out of chance as some prize in a game. I didn't 
feel that I even really had that as something of my own.
 
It is about there that I woke. And you know something, I have been the 
most ungreatful person alive.
 
--  
Paul.
 
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WWW: http://www.stationone.demon.co.uk 
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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:44:50 -0700 
From: "RevDL.K.RM" <htminATnospamptdprolog.net> 
To: "Lobster" <lobsterATnospamdial.pipex.com>, 
 "Kundalini - L" <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com>, 
 "Mystress Angelique Serpent" <serpentATnospamdomin8rex.com>, 
 <elkabr0nATnospamaol.com> 
Subject: Re: Warm fuzzies please...  
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Very well written Lobster!!!!Good Luck Mystress My letter is in the 
Mail!Denise 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Lobster <lobsterATnospamdial.pipex.com> 
To: Kundalini - L <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com>; Mystress Angelique Serpent 
<serpentATnospamdomin8rex.com>; elkabr0nATnospamaol.com <elkabr0nATnospamaol.com> 
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 6:49 AM 
Subject: Re: Warm fuzzies please... 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:43:01 PDT 
From: "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: aminals 
Message-ID: <19980921144301.9316.qmailATnospamhotmail.com> 
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from Guy: every animal, including single-cell beings, have more  
unconscious knowledge (ie: its own perfect reproduction), than human  
consciousness can ever hold.
 
comment on the whole animal thing: 
>it is my belief that the only real difference between humans and  
animals = 
>is quantitative. 
>i see it as like a critical mass, wisdom builds up and evolves and hits  
= 
>a point where it is significantly closer to spirit than animal. but it  
= 
>depends a lot on beliefs. personaly, i believe that animals are on the  
= 
>same reincarnation road as us, they are just souls further behind. 
>i think that we all started out there. 
>Lucius
 
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:43:02 PDT 
From: "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: aminals 
Message-ID: <19980921144302.18743.qmailATnospamhotmail.com> 
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from Guy: every animal, including single-cell beings, have more  
unconscious knowledge (ie: its own perfect reproduction), than human  
consciousness can ever hold.
 
comment on the whole animal thing: 
>it is my belief that the only real difference between humans and  
animals = 
>is quantitative. 
>i see it as like a critical mass, wisdom builds up and evolves and hits  
= 
>a point where it is significantly closer to spirit than animal. but it  
= 
>depends a lot on beliefs. personaly, i believe that animals are on the  
= 
>same reincarnation road as us, they are just souls further behind. 
>i think that we all started out there. 
>Lucius
 
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 07:42:58 PDT 
From: "guy johnson" <tantriciskATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: aminals 
Message-ID: <19980921144258.9306.qmailATnospamhotmail.com> 
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from Guy: every animal, including single-cell beings, have more  
unconscious knowledge (ie: its own perfect reproduction), than human  
consciousness can ever hold.
 
comment on the whole animal thing: 
>it is my belief that the only real difference between humans and  
animals = 
>is quantitative. 
>i see it as like a critical mass, wisdom builds up and evolves and hits  
= 
>a point where it is significantly closer to spirit than animal. but it  
= 
>depends a lot on beliefs. personaly, i believe that animals are on the  
= 
>same reincarnation road as us, they are just souls further behind. 
>i think that we all started out there. 
>Lucius
 
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Date: 21 Sep 98 16:05:03 +0000 
From: "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: prana and kundalini and animals as teachers 
Message-Id: <OUT-3606792F.MD-1.0.paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
 
Mel,
 
>What is your take on Lemmings? Or whales that beach themselves?
 
These are situations which satisfy a certain avenue of the great 
structure of the way you perceive the world. Why is a beached whale 
more important than a cup of coffee? As a creature with a sense of 
self importance I would rather someone come rescue me from the 
stranded state but maybe nature doesn't give a dam about that.
 
And while I'm here, and not way intended at you personally, people 
using monkeys and such-like to dress them up and pretend that they 
talk to sell teabags and the like is bloody deluded and probably 
accepted only because people see a lot of likeness between the 
appearance of their form and the appearance of ours. I'm glad for 
those parts of nature that are totally un-cooperative with humans and 
so very different. At least they'll be left alone.
 
--  
Paul.
 
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WWW: http://www.stationone.demon.co.uk 
E-M: paulATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk 
Date: 21 Sep 98 16:01:33 +0000 
From: "Paul" <paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: animal healing 
Message-Id: <OUT-3606785D.MD-1.0.paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk> 
 
Hi Yahseyes,
 
As I haven't said anything on the idolisation of animals yet I thought 
I'd reply...
 
> Hey List, just had a reminder from the last post of a conflict I am having. 
> This is not a joke.  Can I please get some views on whether it is ok to kill 
> bugs?  I sometimes have to spray hundreds of ants and termites etc, and these 
> wasps and yellow jackets that come out this time of year are truly nuts.  They 
> go after you with a vengence and many times your life depends on their death. 
> However, I truly believe in the sanctity of life at all levels.
 
Well, when certain animals go for others of their own species in which 
one or both may be killed that is quite natural. It is difficult not 
to swap a wasp, bat a fly or squish a spider when they're usually so 
much smaller than a human. Only yesterday my father cursed at a fly 
that was hovering around near his dinner, and I thought that maybe the 
fly was having the laughs. It's only part of nature. All of the things 
that we've created called civilisation has to exist in harmony with 
nature. We only get bothered about keeping spiders and such out of the 
house because we think they don't belong but they dam well go 
wherether they like.
 
I personally have been brutal to some of the smaller less attractive 
aspects of nature in the past, killing spiders, squatting flies. 
Although, actually I quite like bees and wasps and have never been 
stung. There isn't any need to get offensive or worried when they're 
around. They can calmly be ushered out of a window or whatever. Of 
particularly notice I pay more attention to really little flies that 
sometimes flit around the place, the little millimeter-sized ones, as 
it's not very fair of me to go lumbering my size around and squashing 
them mercillesly just because they're so much smaller. I sometimes 
think of them as God. Maybe that's bonkers. hehe. :)
 
I don't know that animals and such have souls. I think I would have to 
be deluded if I were able to /experience/ some bit of information that 
told me that such a thing exists, and I don't really need to know 
wether it does. The truth can't be described really. Nobody's seen it, 
I think. Or maybe somebody has. Obviously if I met up with a tiger in 
the local forest (not likely), under most circumstances it's going to 
be a pretty messy affair, survival of the fittest kind of thing. But I 
think you are only worthy of that crown if you handle the situation in 
a worthy way, like with just common sense and respect.
 
And I don't really know why people are so fantastically bothered with 
the idolisation of animals as if you say that NONE of them can ever be 
killed by a human. It is as if to say humans are not part of nature. 
All the other parts go around killing each other. Not that that is any 
justification but humans are part of nature too, it's not something 
`other', so putting them on a pedestal where they can't be touched is 
a bit stupid. I am sure mother nature has it all worked out so that 
species aren't about to die out through simple clashes with others. 
That kind of thing only happens when creatures like humans get 
aggressive and arrogant and go looking for conflict. And all things 
being equal there is not much point being the martyr by thinking that 
you're much prettier in your spirituality just because you'd rather 
let some other thing kill you than stick up for yourself. If you get 
killed you're gunna die, god-dammit! Although, maybe in some way I use 
death as a bad thing there.
 
Walking along a street if I happen to look down and see a butterfly 
settled on the pavement I will do what I can to leave it be. But if I 
don't see it it's likely i'll tread on it and it won't be an issue, 
which is fine, and it the same issuelessness from which all new things 
are created anyway so it's not a problem. Can't be helped sometimes. 
If some darn pesky stinging bastard-fly comes at you in the garden 
apparently hell-bent on not leaving without a fight then do what you 
can to appreciate and respect it's life but a line is /naturally/ 
drawn as to what just isn't feasible and maybe that pesky thing 
get's killed, without malice I would hope (as malice isn't pretty).
 
But anyway, all this is nonsense and removed from the sustainence of 
the present.
 
--  
Paul.
 
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WWW: http://www.stationone.demon.co.uk 
E-M: paulATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:03:18 +0530 (IST) 
From: Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.in> 
To: b bah <happyhunaATnospamhotmail.com> 
cc: YahseyesATnospamaol.com, kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Animals and suicide 
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After all this talk on animals and humans i was thinking if animals can 
think. Do they have dreams ?
 
love, 
anurag 
  
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, b bah wrote:
 
> hi, 
>   'don't know if animals are able to conciously commit suicide. thinking  
> back to true stories of animals: pineing away after master's death,  
> sometimes at grave site,  refusing to eat , etc. could this be their way  
> of commiting suicide, as they don't have all the means at their disposal  
> that humans do.????? 
>                                        barb 
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:37:17 EDT 
From: WEIVODAATnospamaol.com 
To: anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.in, Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Animals and suicide 
Message-ID: <48da6e0a.360680bdATnospamaol.com> 
 
In a message dated 9/21/98 9:33:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.in writes:
 
> After all this talk on animals and humans i was thinking if animals can 
>  think. Do they have dreams ?
 
Animals have dreams, not as details as the humans, but they dream. Also, 
animals morn, as do humans just in a different way. Like humans, but less 
complex, and detailed. 
Kristin 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:38:01 -0700 
From: onarresATnospaminreach.com 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Animals/dreams 
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980921093801.006f1b50ATnospammail.inreach.com> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
 
>Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:34:00 -0700 
>To: Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.in> 
>From: onarresATnospaminreach.com 
>Subject: Re: Animals and suicide 
>In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.980921150220.1574C-100000ATnospamBhaskara> 
>References: <19980921021846.15017.qmailATnospamhotmail.com> 
> 
>>After all this talk on animals and humans i was thinking if animals can 
>>think. Do they have dreams ? 
>> 
>>love, 
>>anurag 
>>  
>Anurag, 
> 
>Yes, animals do dream! One of my dogs is constantly dreaming - her legs 
will move as if she is running and she has little woofs, and REM (rapid eye 
movement) motion is noticed... She's so interesting to watch, and if you're 
wondering if animals smile, yes they do... and my dog will smile at the 
mere mention of a smile, when she comes home from the groomer, or when I 
come home - she greets me with lots of smiles.  
> 
>Love,  dor 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:47:01 -0400 
From: "Kat" <kcliffordATnospamodyssey.on.ca> 
To: "Anurag Goel" <anuragATnospamee.iisc.ernet.in>, "b bah" <happyhunaATnospamhotmail.com> 
Cc: <YahseyesATnospamaol.com>, <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com>, 
 <kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com> 
Subject: Re: Animals and suicide 
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Hi Anurag,
 
>After all this talk on animals and humans i was thinking if animals can 
>think. Do they have dreams ?
 
Of course!  Have you ever watched a dog when it is sleeping?  It eyes roll 
around just like a humans showing that the brain is active.  One dog I was 
watching had his little paws moving in such a manner you could be sure that 
he was having a dream about running perhaps in a meadow!  he even had what 
could be considered a smile on his face.
 
In L&L & Understanding,
 
Kat 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:54:00 -0400 
From: "Wonderer" <mrtn74aATnospamprodigy.com> 
To: <morlightATnospammhonline.net> 
Cc: "kundalini-1" <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: A TIME for Every Season (Re: tapes) -- I.E. Every Dog Has His Day 
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The way I remember this, it goes:  "What is whispered in darkness 
shall be shouted from the rooftops."
 
Dear Maureen,
 
The same (gasp! Horrors! B.I.B.L.I.C.A.L.) line has occurred to me 
(with respect to Clinton's dilemma), though I did not realize it 
pertained to the "end times".  I thought it was a simple fact that 
all truths come to light, and since we are all one, there really is 
no such thing as privacy.  Perhaps, all things are coming to light 
faster than usual, since the planet is entering a higher vibrational 
frequency.  The speeding up of Cause and Effect forces us to be more 
truthful, and more careful of the effects of our thoughts, speech and 
actions.  If a person is not ready for this, in terms of one's 
spiritual evolution, he/she surely will not and cannot survive this 
change.  Case-in-point:  Clinton did not (care to) understand the 
pure definition of Truth, only the lesser definition of truthful 
words; he did not care if those words misled, and did not recognize 
them as a lie couched in truthful "legally accurate" words.  The "end 
times" might refer actually to the "end of time", which is an 
illusion, as many of us are already awake to the fact that there is 
only Now.
 
Cathy
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Maureen Heffernan <morlightATnospammhonline.net> 
To: Kundalini <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 8:40 AM 
Subject: tapes
 
>I'm off to watch the tapes. Clinton is now a verb. 
>A little scary, a quote from the Master describing how we would know 
the 
>end times, , , , 
> 
>        "What you do in private shall be shouted from the rooftops" 
> 
>+ Maureen 
> 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:22:56 -0400 
From: "Wonderer" <mrtn74aATnospamprodigy.com> 
To: "Lucius" <dartanATnospamvoyager.net> 
Cc: "kundalini-1" <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Re: animal healing / animal consciousness 
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My parakeet of five years, Daniel, died in my hands too.  (This was 
years ago)   He was very sick, and he was tame enough that he would 
come out of the cage and perch on my finger.  But he did not like 
being held, because he felt captive.  I, too, was trying to keep him 
warm, but I think I used up the last of his energy when I held him 
because I made him frightened.  It does make one feel sad, powerless, 
and guilty.
 
Yesterday, I saw what looked like a large bug crawling toward me in 
my basement.  To my horror, it was a baby mouse.  I trapped him under 
the laundry basket, and sent my husband after him.  My husband, who 
is basically an archetypal, insensitive homo-phobic male, can't kill 
baby mice, and neither can I.  We release them to the sewer.  But, we 
have no guilt about putting a trap in the basement for their parents. 
Go figure.
 
Also, we freely kill bees, because they swarm around our front porch, 
and my husband is allergic to their stings, and they frighten my 
little boy (ok me too, sometimes).
 
Perhaps the impact of killing a lesser life form depends on the 
attitude of the killer.  Is it doing duty, as in Arjuna going to 
battle (see Bhaghavad Gita) or is it going after the fruits of one's 
actions and creating karma, as in killing for pleasure.
 
Cathy
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Lucius <dartanATnospamvoyager.net>
 
on a sadder note i once TRIED a healing on a 
>little lovebird. we had named her Milford. we only had her for about 
3 days. 
>but she was friendlier and more loving than many humans i know. we 
knew 
>something was wrong with her so we were driving to the people we 
bought her 
>from and i was holding her in my hands to keep her warm and also 
tried to 
>help heal her. not more than a minute or so to the drive i knew she 
was 
>dead. many people would not understand how this could be that big of 
a deal, 
>but a loving and helpless creature died in my hands, and i think 
that is 
>what drives me now to learn the art. 
> 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:22:34 +0000 
From: Maureen Heffernan <morlightATnospammhonline.net> 
To: Kundalini <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: shout from rooftops 
Message-ID: <3606612A.6F670003ATnospammhonline.net> 
 
Hi Cathy, 
 Another interpetation is that by the end times some will have developed 
the abilities to see the aura and read it. As a person thinketh in 
his/her heart so it will show as also the evolution of the soul. Some 
will have visible haloes,but that first interpetation about Mr C.has 
been haunting me for a while now. 
Blessings of more Light. 
+ Maureen 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:18:01 EDT 
From: PamENixonATnospamaol.com 
To: paulwestATnospamstationone.demon.co.uk 
Cc: Kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Killing of animals--bad dharmic, karmic & spiritual consequences 
Message-ID: <ad6509c0.3606a669ATnospamaol.com> 
 
First, I believe all creatures are good and were created for a reason, 
therefore deserving to live in peace and be treated with respect and kindness. 
Research bears that there is a direct link between animal abuse and human 
abuse--there is a connection between how we treat other species and how we 
treat other humans.  
 
Also, compassion and empathy are our only weapons against violence.  When we 
show compassion toward all life we can extend that same compassion and empathy 
towards our fellow humans.  
 
I teach Kundalini Yoga and as a teacher, I took an oath to be a vegetarian.  
 
Reasons to be a vegetarian and not kill agricultural animals or other species: 
1. The dharmic/scriptural law reason:  Ahimsa, the law of non injury, is the 
Hindu's first duty in fulfillment of his religious obligations to God and 
God's creation as defined by Vedic scripture. 
2.  The karmic consequences reason:  All of our actions including our choice 
of food have karmic consequences.  By involving oneself in the cycle of 
inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, 
one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.   
3. The spiritual consciousness reason:   Food is the source of the body's 
chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and 
experiential patterns.  If one want to live in higher consciousness, in peace 
and happiness and love for all creatures, then he cannot eat meat, fish, 
shellfish, fowl or eggs.  By ingesting the grosser chemistries of animal 
foods, one introduces into the body and mind anger, jealousy, fear, anxiety, 
suspicion and a terrible fear of death, all of which are locked into the flesh 
of butchered creatures.  For these reasons, shakaharis live in higher 
consciousness and mansaharis abide in lower consciousness. 
4. The ecological reason:  Planet earth is suffering.  In large measure, the 
escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient forests to create pasture 
lands for livestock, loss of topsoils and the consequent increase of water 
impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the single fact of meat 
in the human diet.  No single decision that we can make as individuals or as a 
race can have such a dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary 
ecology as the decision to not eat meat.   
5. The health reason:  Medical studies prove that a vegetarian diet is easier 
to digest, provides a wider range of nutrients and imposes fewer burdens and 
impurities on the body.  Vegetarians are less susceptible to all the major 
diseases that afflict comtemporary humanity, and thus live longer, healthier, 
more productive lives.  Their immune system is stronger, their bodies are 
purer, more refined and skin more beautiful.  
 
These reasons are very important for those on a spiritual path. 
 
Blessings, 
Nirmal Kaur 
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:24:26 -0400 
From: Fernando Velez-Pardo <fvelezATnospamcititran.com> 
To: KAREN_TORRECILLAATnospamHP-LatinAmerica-om3.om.hp.com 
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: keep passin it on..] 
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> Many people will walk in and out of your life, 
> but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. 
> 
> The easiest way not to get hurt is not to care, 
> but that is the hardest thing to do. 
> 
> To handle yourself, use your head; 
> To handle others, use your heart. 
> 
> Anger is only one letter short of danger. 
> If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; 
> if he betrays you twice, it's your fault. 
> 
> Great minds discuss ideas; 
> Average minds discuss events; 
> Small minds discuss people. 
> 
> God gives every bird it's food, 
> But he does not throw it into it's nest. 
> 
> He who loses money, loses much; 
> He who loses a friend, loses more; 
> He who loses faith, loses all. 
> 
> Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, 
> But beautiful old people are works of art.
 
> Learn from the mistakes of others. 
> You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. 
> 
> The tongue weighs practically nothing, 
> But so few people can hold it. 
> 
> Friends, you and me.... 
> you brought another friend... 
> and then there were 3... 
> we started our group... 
> Our circle of friends... 
> and like that circle... 
> there is no beginning or end.. 
> 
> 
> Keep this going.... 
> Email all your friends this message.... 
> Email all those friends you never met.... 
> Those you have... 
> and those you've lost along the way ... 
>
 
 
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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:32:32 PDT 
From: "Evelyn Niedbalec" <log_me_inATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Animals and suicide 
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>> 
>What is your take on Lemmings? Or whales that beach themselves? 
>Just a thought... 
>I think it is a huge mistake that humans make thinking we are superior 
>in any way...we are all connected to each other...all are one. 
>Blessed be... 
>Bodacia
 
Well, I don't know if wondering if we are the only ones who commit  
suicide in any ways implies that we are superior.  Seems to me that it  
implies that we are simply more messed up than the animal kingdom!   
Although I do feel that animals sometimes have their own version of  
suicide.  They just don't use guns or poison to do it. 
-E
 
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