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touche'; Well-stated Jean-Claud. The exercise of contemplation is the
antithesis of compulsion. Compulsive "taking" (of animals; of candy bars and
potato chips) seems to be what gets us into so much trouble (personally and
globally). Rick
Ingrid Bauer/J-C Catry wrote:
> !
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> >>>> Absoloutely. They thanked the animal for giving its life so they
> could
> >>>>live. This is exactly the kind of reverence of which I speak.
> >>
> >>>But what difference does that make???
> >>>
> >>>Whether I kill a duck telling some quack quack jokes or after some artsy
> >>>fartsy ceremony to the duck gods--the duck is dead and we eat it.
> Enjoying
> >>>the meal is reverence enough, no? What possible difference does it make?
> >>
> >>
> >>the difference is clear when we realise that we don't live from bread
> alone!
> >>the ingesting of matter is a small aspect of the act of eating.
> >>jean-claude
> >
> >Could you elaborate? I can't tell what you are talking about.
>
> I am talking about the attitude in the act of search for food and eating, i
> am talking about the toughts that we have that have as much impact on us,
> our biochemistry than WHAT we eat.
> I was using the words given to jesus Christ by Mathew in the bible . When
> tempted by the devil to transform stones in bread , after his 40 days fast
> he said: < Human shall not livre from bread alone but from all the words of
> god > ( my translation from French)
> The impact of respect calm and reverence on the hormonal level
> specifically is enormous .
> That in turn will change the quality and quantity of nutrients needed to
> keep the homeostasis going.
>
> jean-claude
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