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Propti1:
How do you keep him from dinning away from home? What sacrice fo the marriage to work? From continuosly watching him cook,wouldn't you learn?

it's nt abt the learning. it's abt the stress involved it's nt easy cooking two separate dishes

Not for anything in the world? What if he eats cooked food just thrice a week?

AfricanApple:
who has time for double cooking. no ooo, that one is big time wahala, go and look for vegetarian like yourself

Propti1:
Not for anything in the world? What if he eats cooked food just thrice a week?

not even for anything in heaven, love is not blind at all. if u like eat once in a week, its a no no for moi.
I can't imagine myself married and always eating alone even when hubby is around. besides, cooking pot will splits into two, no time for such stress

AfricanApple:
not even for anything in heaven, love is not blind at all. if u like eat once in a week, its a no no for moi.
I can't imagine myself married and always eating alone even when hubby is around. besides, cooking pot will splits into two, no time for such stress

There would always be times u would share a meal or two coupled with the fact that, marriage shall not prevail by bread alone. Common, we are talking ab out the mate that has it all!

Propti1:
There would always be times u would share a meal or two coupled with the fact that, marriage shall not prevail by bread alone. Common, we are talking ab out the mate that has it all!

look eh, I can't joke with that food part cos I like food how can we be sharing meal at anytime? what will we be sharing? maybe once in a blue moon, haba you and your hubby eating in different place, I don't like it
one thing is, everybody has what they can tolerate in a partner, it differs from person to person. its one of those things I can't live with

and I'm still imagining what they are missing in all those excess meat on Christmas and sallah days

btw, are you a vegetarian

Propti1:
Any fears? Many of these folks tend to be concious beings/enlightened souls!

Yh, I don't buy that. I hardly think dietary choices alone are the key to enlightenment.

I don't have any fears. I only hope that I'm not eating or drinking the moment he reveals himself a vegan. I wont be able to help the LOL that surfaces.

Propti1:
There would always be times u would share a meal or two coupled with the fact that, marriage shall not prevail by bread alone. Common, we are talking ab out the mate that has it all!

I already know what it's like to prepare two separate meals, but come on, vegans are on a whole other level!

Friuts and fiber with lots of water make excellent breakfasts. Vegetbles make best dinners. So, there would be plenty of shared meals.
With the festive dishes that he refuses to partake of, prices have always been paid to achieve self-knowledge and actualisation.
What with the health benefits and the calm that comes along?]
quote author=AfricanApple post=29469036]look eh, I can't joke with that food part cos I like food how can we be sharing meal at anytime? what will we be sharing? maybe once in a blue moon, haba you and your hubby eating in different place, I don't like it
one thing is, everybody has what they can tolerate in a partner, it differs from person to person. its one of those things I can't live with

and I'm still imagining what they are missing in all those excess meat on Christmas and sallah days

btw, are you a vegetarian [/quote]

What level are vegans on? Pls explain based on those with whom you've had encounters.

EnlightenedSoul:
I already know what it's like to prepare two separate meals, but come on, vegans are on a whole other level!

While dietary choices in and of itself isn't sufficient for enlightenment, should it be infered that you believe it is essential for right thinking and actions?

EnlightenedSoul:
Yh, I don't buy that. I hardly think dietary choices alone are the key to enlightenment.

I don't have any fears. I only hope that I'm not eating or drinking the moment he reveals himself a vegan. I wont be able to help the LOL that surfaces.

Propti1:
While dietary choices in and of itself isn't sufficient for enlightenment, should it be infered that you believe it is essential for right thinking and actions?

Not necessarily. But I do credit it with a higher sense of well-being.

I myself have my reasons for abstaining from red meat, but I hardly believe myself any more 'right-thinking' than the carnivores that surround me lol. I do feel better off w/o it, but neither do I miss it. Veganism, on the other hand, would kill me.

Propti1:
What level are vegans on? Pls explain based on those with whom you've had encounters.

Scenario: I make a veggie pasta with ribs.

- the average omnivore would be sated.
- the vegetarians/pescetarians would simply drop the ribs, and be content.
- a true carnivore may be annoyed with the presence of 'all those unnecessary vegetables', but he'll def be happy to go triple on the ribs the formers left behind.
- the vegan will have a problem with the entire meal!

Something similar to this has happened to me before, but it was due more so to a dietary restriction than a chosen lifestyle. I've never cooked for the vegans I know. As far I'm aware, they're content with their nuts and berries, and I wouldn't know where to start anyway

The nice thing about vegans - they know how to take care of themselves. They're completely self-sufficient in their kitchens. They have to be.

Good response: Brilliant!

EnlightenedSoul:
Scenario: I make a veggie pasta with ribs.

- the average omnivore would be sated.
- the vegetarians/pescetarians would simply drop the ribs, and be content.
- a true carnivore may be annoyed with the presence of 'all those unnecessary vegetables', but he'll def be happy to go triple on the ribs the formers left behind.
- the vegan will have a problem with the entire meal!

Something similar to this has happened to me before, but it was due more so to a dietary restriction than a chosen lifestyle. I've never cooked for the vegans I know. As far I'm aware, they're content with their nuts and berries, and I wouldn't know where to start anyway

The nice thing about vegans - they know how to take care of themselves. They're completely self-sufficient in their kitchens. They have to be.

Lolzz sum guys would b happy nd tank dier stars cos dey wont spend money on suya, pepper chicken nd shawama.

What manner of well-being? Doesn't the spirit sustain the body?Talking of right thinking, don't you think animals have spirits that are violently liberated. If if you've ever witnessed the last moments of one about to be robbed of its life, I bet you would reconsider your position.
Shall the violent attain the calm and inner peace that is required for loving enlightenment?
Is a man's might his right? Is speciesm not similar to racism?

EnlightenedSoul:
Not necessarily. But I do credit it with a higher sense of well-being.

I myself have my reasons for abstaining from red meat, but I hardly believe myself any more 'right-thinking' than the carnivores that surround me lol. I do feel better off w/o it, but neither do I miss it. Veganism, on the other hand, would kill me.

Propti1:
What manner of well-being? Doesn't the spirit sustain the body?Talking of right thinking, don't you think animals have spirits that are violently liberated. If if you've ever witnessed the last moments of one about to be robbed of its life, I bet you would reconsider your position.
Shall the violent attain the calm and inner peace that is required for loving enlightenment?
Is a man's might his right? Is speciesm not similar to racism?

That's a discussion right there.

I have witnessed slaughter before, and I am aware of these arguments and can agree with them to a certain extent, but biologically humans remain omnivorous. At the very least, I feel a lot can be improved in the way animals are treated in factory farms etc, but then again, people barely have enough regard for their fellow human being.

Have you not seen large pack mules and horses bend at the knees for the sheer amount of weight on their backs, whipped when they stop or stumble? No respect or sense of decency towards other living things, and no common sense either. They don't know that even if you'll just end up eating or selling that cow, it's taste and quality largely depends upon the animal's quality of life and the way it was treated.

EnlightenedSoul:
That's a discussion right there.

I have witnessed slaughter before, and I am aware of these arguments and can agree with them to a certain extent, but biologically humans remain omnivorous. At the very least, I feel a lot can be improved in the way animals are treated in factory farms etc, but then again, people barely have enough regard for their fellow human being.

Have you not seen large pack mules and horses bend at the knees for the sheer amount of weight on their backs, whipped when they stop or stumble? No respect or sense of decency towards other living things, and no common sense either. They don't know that even if you'll just end up eating or selling that cow, it's taste and quality largely depends upon the animal's quality of life and the way it was treated.

Appreciated!
Once upon a time, during a discourse with a couple of strangers that were applicants, we reasoned that it was best for man to eat plants.
When we concluded, they introduced themselves as a doctor and a pharmacist. Then one of them said "mama, give us more ponmo." As they chewed, they said, "I love meat"

These were intellectuals who knew better with good I.Q. But, it takes spiritual quotient to control the taste buds and not to be attached or aversed. S.Q subjects the senses to the spirit. You would agree that the content is superior to the vessel in way that the body is inferior to the spirit.

Switching off and ignoring our cruelities reduces dissonance. I understand that over-exposure to wrongs enables tolerance. The only lasting solution to cognitive dissonance is to think and act right by unifying the concious and subconcious minds. Trust me! It reduces a lot of stress and guarantees lasting happiness.

@ Propti1 How do you feel about consuming sea-life? I'll respond to your other post l8r, thanks.

Some sea creatures are so friendly you wouldn't want to harm them. All animals are capable of feeling pain. Pain and peace do not blend. An attempt to merge both would lead to cognitive dissonance. Ignoring the pains of others for our tastebuds or whatever motive is letting the senses rule the spirit. I wouldn't condemn such acts so long as the perpetrator wouldn't blame the reactions on man or deity.

EnlightenedSoul:
@ Propti1 How do you feel about consuming sea-life? I'll respond to your other post l8r, thanks.

Propti1:
Appreciated!
Once upon a time, during a discourse with a couple of strangers that were applicants, we reasoned that it was best for man to eat plants.
When we concluded, they introduced themselves as a doctor and a pharmacist. Then one of them said "mama, give us more ponmo." As they chewed, they said, "I love meat"

These were intellectuals who knew better with good I.Q. But, it takes spiritual quotient to control the taste buds and not to be attached or aversed. S.Q subjects the senses to the spirit. You would agree that the content is superior to the vessel in way that the body is inferior to the spirit.

Switching off and ignoring our cruelities reduces dissonance. I understand that over-exposure to wrongs enables tolerance. The only lasting solution to cognitive dissonance is to think and act right by unifying the concious and subconcious minds. Trust me! It reduces a lot of stress and guarantees lasting happiness.

Intellectualism aside, food culture greatly influences our meal preferences. At my place, we can't go so much as a day without cooking meat. Even when my father was diagnosed with cancer years ago, and the doctors told him he'd have to switch to a vegetable diet, you just couldn't keep the man from abandoning his 'food lifestyle'. This was despite his being an educated man, and knowing the risks - knowing what his body needed. We eventually had to stop buying meat altogether in a bid to avoid certain scenarios. In spite of all these efforts and more, the veggie diet only lasted a total of two weeks, and was followed haphazardly at best. The almond milk that was meant to be substituted for the regular milk was abandoned, 'no meat' entrees were returned almost untouched, fruits left uneaten etc, until one day my father stood up and said "Is someone gonna go out buy some FOOD (meaning meat), or should I go". Failed experiment. He kept eating as he shouldn't.

Funnily enough, when the entire process was over (thankfully), and he'd managed to recover quicker than estimated, the doctor asked him "what he'd done?".

He replied, "Everything you told me not to do".

True.

What I'm trying to say is, no matter how much of an intellectual you're, lifelong influences/preferences can overpower your reasoning.