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Can We Eat Meat? by ivysunday(f): 2:54am On Oct 09, 2018
Xue Feng
http://www.lifechanyuan.org


According to Buddhist teachings, one should not eat meat, because eating meat is killing and destroying LIFE, which is cruel and unmerciful. People who eat meat are not acceptable to Buddhism. Another view point is that the meat you eat may have come from your parents and relatives, because it may come from the animal that they happen to have been reincarnated into. Therefore, one should absolutely abstain from eating meat. Later Buddhist preachers proposed in light of the actual situation of followers living at home that "three clean meat" is eatable, namely, meat can be eatable if it does not come from the animal that is killed for you, that you do not want to kill, or that you have seen killed. That is to say, the meat that you eat does not come from the animal that is skilled specially for you, and you don't kill animals or see animals being killed. Tibetan Buddhism thinks that meat is eatable, because Tibetans are mostly herdsmen, for whom beef and mutton are their staple food, without which they can hardly survive.


Followers of Judaism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, and orthodox church eat meat, but do not eat the meat of dead animals. They only eat the meat of killed animals. The Old Testament of the Bible has made a detailed classified description of the animals that can be eaten and the animals that cannot be eaten.


Islamism has a strict restriction on the eating of meat. This restriction comes from the Bible. As are different from Christians, Muslims (followers of Islamism) do not eat pork and carrion, because pork and carrion are not clean and thus will pollute man's spiritual nature. Besides, before killing animals, Muslims will chant scriptures to console animals and release their souls from purgatory, which reflects the mercy and care of Muslims for animals.


On the basis of abiding by the Bible, the witnesses of Yahweh strictly forbid the eating of animal blood, regarding blood not meat as the LIFE of animals.


Lifechanyuan holds the view point that LIFE is divided into different levels, LIFE at lower levels serves LIFE at higher levels, and by way of sacrifice LIFE can get over its plight and create condition for a higher realm.


LIFE should serve each other, LIFE is interrelated, and only by serving other forms of LIFE, can it attain a higher realm.


Therefore, Lifechanyuan neither objects to not supports the eating of meat. Whether one eats meat or not depends on the actual situation. Each individual can behave according to his habits and be flexible, act in accordance with our nature, and take advantage of the opportunities as they arise.


Lifechanyuan has several principles with regard to the eating of meat:
1. Do not eat the meat of wild animals, so that the chain of LIFE can be protected and will not be cut off.
2. When killing livestock and poultry for food, we had better learn from the Muslim approach and chant scriptures to release their souls from purgatory, offering them consolation at the end of their LIFE and minimizing their sufferings.
3. Let professionals do the killing, ordinary people do not do the killing, because professionals can minimize and shorten the sufferings of animals, while ordinary people are likely to bring a lot of pain to animals, and may prolong the sufferings.
4. Do not eat dog flesh, because dogs have very high spiritual nature. The higher the spiritual nature of an animal, the greater the damage will be to the person who eats its meat.
5. Eat the cattle, goats, pigs, and chickens that have been raised specially to provide meat, and one had better refrain from eating livestock and poultry that have not been raised for this purpose. There is affection between man and poultry and livestocks, which can only be felt by those who have taken great care in feeding them. I have seen cattle shedding tears, sheep looking sad, and chickens attaching to people. One cannot bear to kill those animals for which he has affection.
6. Chanyuan Celestials can have meat but should not kill animals and do not witness the killing of animals.


I have said, “eating vegetables makes one sober, eating meat makes one bemuddled, eating grains makes one wise, and eating qi makes one deity-like. The higher the spiritual nature of an animal and plant, the greater the damage will be to the person who eats them.


The meat of a killed animal is no longer LIFE but a kind of energy. Therefore, eating meat is only taking in the energy. However, any food has its structure and contains information, and one will be achiffected by the food he eats. One will be infected if he eats poultry contracted with bird flu, although poultry provides a kind of meat. Burging croton is a kind of energy, but one may suffer loose bowels after eating it. Chilli is a kind of energy, but one will feel unbearably hot after eating it. Any kind of food will have either more or less positive or negative effects on us.


The danger of eating meat lies in the fact that we are affected by the meat we eat, the hate of the animal eaten by us will be transferred to our body, and the natural endowments and instinct of the eaten animal will have effect on us. When an animal is being killed, its indignation and resentment will cause it to release a toxin in its meat. We will absorb the toxin when we eat the meat. Muslims are trying to lower the content of toxins to the greatest extent when they chant scriptures and release their souls from the purgatory and console them before killing animals. You can make an experiment. When you are enraged, your face will turn pale and blue, because your anger has triggered the release of toxins in your body.


You are what you eat, and this is only a matter of degree.


Why do I stress again and again that we should feel a sense of gratitude every time we have the meal? Because only with a feeling of gratitude can we convert the toxins in the food and change the structure of food to benefit our own health. Christians will make prayer to the god at each meal to thank him for the food he has given to people. And the deep level of reason for this is to convert the toxins.


You can eat whenever you want to, but you must be grateful. Do not eat if do not want to, but do not feel that you have not gained advantage as a result. You can eat when you have to, but you may try your best to refrain from eating or try to eat as little as you can.


You can understand the more profound ways concerning meat eating after you have learned non-form thinking and holographic thinking.


The best way is to eat nothing. “Eating qi is godlike”. We can directly assimilate the essence of the sun and the moon and the anima of the earth. I have already offered you the key to open the Dharma eye—consciousness, structure and energy. Any food is the conversion of energy. We eat mainly to absorb the energy contained in food. Then why do we still need to eat if we can absorb energy directly?


Actually whether one eats meat or not is related to the structure of everyone’s LIFE. Why doesn’t sheep eat meat? Why does wolf eat meat? This is determined by their different structure of LIFE. With self-cultivation and self-refinery, a person who likes meat very much will gradually lose interest in it, will grow averse to it, and may feel disgusted even at sight of it. Why? Because the nonmaterial structure of your LIFE has changed.


Do not pretend, do not force and push. Let’s conform to natural tendency. The core issue is to perfect the nonmaterial structure of LIFE, which is the key to solving problems and the key to self-refinery.


Dieting is mainly a habit of thinking. If we have unconventional thinking, we can do away with dieting.


When we say that we should pay off our debts in the human world, be sure to bear in mind that we still have to pay back the debts to nature, and the debts to plants. Why should we hold LIFE and nature in awe and respect? Why should we protect LIFE and nature? The purpose is to pay back our debts, not for the sake of morality.


In modern times, the best way to pay off our debts is to build Lifechanyuan. The reason behind this is very profound, so we must strive to perceive and understand it.
Re: Can We Eat Meat? by ogyunging(m): 8:28am On Apr 18, 2019
Hello,
Please what does "qi" mean?
Re: Can We Eat Meat? by ivysunday(f): 3:02am On Apr 22, 2019
ogyunging:
Hello,
Please what does "qi" mean?

You can refer to this article which i found on internet. http://www.sohu.com/a/303030419_100275663

You can use a translation machine to translate it, here i take part of it for your information:
The "Qi" here does not mean only air or oxygen, but also cosmic energy in the form of gasification, which is the "Qi" of "essence, Qi and spirit" in Chinese medicine. It takes years or even decades to develop this skill. Unless a true practitioner is guided or practiced in a gradual way, it is generally not recommended for everyone to do so. Please bear in mind!

To sum up, the "Qi" in "eating Qi" or "eating Qi" is actually what TCM calls "essence, Qi and spirit", which is a kind of cosmic energy, as well as the source of all things and life. So Qi-gathering and Qi-eating is a great knowledge. How can we sublimate people into spiritual life with Qi as its food? The essence is how to enhance people's consciousness and energy? For this point, Taoism and Buddhism are different.


You know what? Buddhist "kind, merciful,grace" In fact is a feasible, most effective and wisest method of "gas food" for everyone!
Re: Can We Eat Meat? by ivysunday(f): 3:06am On Apr 22, 2019
ogyunging:
Hello,
Please what does "qi" mean?
You better read this article.
The ultimate goal of life should be positioned in pursuit of perfect human nature and the goal of how to extend life in a higher life space. Exceptional functions are merely helpless in reaching this goal. Anyone that wants to take the shortcut will eventually find that they are wasting time. Remember, more haste, less speed.

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Consciousness, Structure, and Energy

are the Three Elements of the Universe

Xuefeng

November 18, 2006

(Translated by Treasure and Edited by Kaer)



Look at the boundless world. What is caught by our eyes is material structure. Without structure, there is no material. For the various marvellous spectacle of LIVES, the differences lie in the differences of structures. Structures decide the forms of LIVES. We can choose the people who we want in crowds immediately because of their distinct structures. We can easily find a peony among many types of flowers because peony’s structures are distinctive, we identify everything by identifying their structures.



The universe is full of invisible energy which only reveals itself by attaching itself to structures. Therefore, all visible objects that we see are structures combined with energy geometrically.



Different structures absorb different energies; the wonder of the pyramids lies in their structures. Successful farmers do not grow the same kind of crops in the same fields every year because the land contains nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and different plants require them in different proportions. It is only by rotating crops constantly that the supplies of the various nutrients of the land will be distributed and utilized properly. Solar cookers and water heaters, heat water because of their structures; trains, trucks, and cars carry different loads because of their different structures; flies, bees, tigers, leopards, and sheep need different foods because of their different digestive structures.



Who creates such a great variety of structures?

Look at the various high-rise buildings in cities; who created them?

Look at women’s beautiful clothes and makeup; who created them?

All kinds of foods in supermarkets are like feasts for the eyes which cannot even take them all in, but who created them?

There is no doubt that they were all created by people, but were they created by people’s hands and feet? Of course not, but by people’s consciousnesses; their hands and feet are controlled by their consciousness; without consciousnesses, nobody’s hands and feet would accomplish anything.



So we can see that the eternal things in the universe are only consciousnesses, structures, and energy. All other things are illusory, showy but not substantial, and cannot last. Energy is neutral, just like air and water, and any consciousness can direct it. Therefore, we need not attach too much importance to energy because fragrant flowers can attract butterflies.



What kinds of structures can attract what kinds of energy toward them naturally? We know that all structures are the products of consciousnesses, so we do not need to emphasize structures too much. The kind of consciousness we have decides the kind of corresponding structure that we will have. Unify all thoughts and all beliefs into the Greatest Creator’s will and all religions into one uniform belief system; this is the “one” consciousness.



The universe has consciousness, if it did not, then there would not be such a variety of LIFE structures with thousands of postures and an infinite variety of material forms; then what is this consciousness? It is the Greatest Creator!



When we find the Greatest Creator, we find the headstream and the core, all problems can be solved effortlessly, the indistinct and misty become bright and clear, the complex becomes simple, darkness morphs into light, the finite expands to the infinite, and misery becomes joy.



The core beliefs of Lifechanyuan are to “Revere the Greatest Creator” and to “Take the Way of the Greatest Creator”; this is the path leading to heaven! Those who go against this great path are of heretical sects, and regardless of what of names they take, how dazzling or marvelous their theories sound, how inscrutable their magical powers are, or how many disciples or followers they attract, they are all the superfluous “tumors” growing in the body of humanity that will be eliminated.



“Revere the Greatest Creator and Take the Way of the Greatest Creator”; this is the touchstone to determine good from evil, truth from falsity, and beauty from ugliness. Evil and ugly people do NOT revere the Greatest Creator nor take His way; theories and sermons are evil and ugly if they do NOT revere the Greatest Creator nor take His way; States, political parties, religions, or groups are evil and ugly if they do NOT revere the Greatest Creator, nor take His way.



Consciousness is nonmaterial and the consciousness of the Greatest Creator manifests itself as “Tao”. The consciousness of the Greatest Creator runs through all tangible and intangible time and space everywhere, including both the material and the nonmaterial world and the positive and the negative universe; this is the genuine God.



States of consciousness decide the forms of LIFE and their methods of survival. The “differentiators” of the LIVES of ignorant people, laities, mortals, sages, celestials, goblins, demons, devils, ghosts, and monsters are their types of consciousnesses. Therefore, we must emphasize our consciousnesses during our lives and our emphasis on consciousness must always be on “Revering the Greatest Creator and taking His Way”. Once this key link is grasped, everything else falls into their proper places, we get twice the results with half the effort, and find clear and bright paths to reach splendid goals. We will ultimately accomplish the spiritual state of immortality and attain the LIFE structure of higher-level space and reach the other shore to realize our ideal!



I believe that all governments officials, industrial and religious leaders, and company bosses do understand these principles very well.
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