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:

> !
>
> >>>>   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