It is about diet. I came across this subject in her works and the Agenda, where she speaks about a vegetarian diet, advising us not to make a fetish out of it. I know she also mentioned having a strong message to give on the matter but ultimately held back. I have listened to your videos on this subject as well, and I have been reflecting on it deeply.
Please tell me, is it not a barbaric and spiritual crime to fill our stomachs with animal flesh? To consume it is as good as supporting the act of killing an innocent creature. I don’t understand why the Divine Mother seemingly brushes this topic off, treating it as if it is not a matter of grave importance.
I am not even just speaking from the perspective of the Apaurusheya Vedas, which strictly condemn flesh-eating for all of mankind. Even if we put aside the yogic lens, the understanding that all the tamas and fear of the animal’s body get transferred directly to our chittha, the reality remains grim. There is even a talk by the Mother herself where she describes the frightening consciousness of a chicken that got transferred to the person who consumed it!
Setting all of that aside, don’t you think it is a serious, murderous crime from all purely material, moral, ethical, spiritual and supramental point of view? Should we not have even an iota of compassion for those innocent animals, rather than slaughtering them merely to feed our stomachs?
I wish I could fight with the Mother directly on this, and I pray that someday she will directly answer this to me. But for now, Alok da, as a devoted child of Ma, I request you to answer this – do innocent, voiceless animals truly deserve to be killed for the sake of ignorant, hungry human appetite?
I have absolutely no problem with all that you say. Though much can be said on both sides, yet mental debates do not catch a glimpse of truth. My response was only with regard to the quarrel with the Mother that you mentioned as the thread. Though frankly it is ultimately upto each one. As far as I am concerned, the Mother’s word is the final. I try to understand it but never question it. But here too each one is free to walk in the light of one’s own reasoning.
Since you asked me what could be the reason behind the Mother’s utterance, I gave you one. The rest is upto each one to live by their own highest standard of conduct, Dharma. As long as we do not make and try to impose one particular ideal or way of life upon everybody, it is fine.
Affectionately,
Alok da
