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Thou shalt not kill. This is really the crux of the matter. If we desire to truly l i v e, and if we believe in and follow what Christ and all Saints have told us regarding the Great Law of this creation, namely, as you sow so shall you reap - the Law of Cause and Effect, the Law of Compensation and Adjustment, the Law of Action and Reaction, the Law of Karma, then we have no choice. If we kill, we will be killed. It is really that simple. If we inflict pain and suffering on a creature, we will experience pain and suffering. If we give kindness, we will receive kindness. An eye for an eye is the law of this creation, and if we take an eye, one will be taken from us; if we inflict hurt on others, hurt will be inflicted on us; if we kill, we will be killed. How simple a truth this is and yet how ignored. How can we truly Live if we are putting death in our bodies? It is a contradiction of behavior. If part of our life goal is to lead a quality Life, then how can we possibly do that if we are constantly ingesting death? It makes absolutely no sense. Death is death. Life is life. We do not get life from death. We get death from death; life from life. In our intent to live a fulfilling life we often overlook the most fundamental of concepts - that we cannot live life by living on death. Still, we do it every day, meal after meal, piece of decaying flesh after piece of decaying flesh; rotten carcass after rotten carcass; death after death. Then, almost incredulously, when we experience pain, suffering, sorrow, torment, anguish and disease, we cry out, "Why me, Lord?" The answer to "why me" is because, when we kill, when we inflict pain, suffering, sorrow, torment and anguish on others, even if those "others" are living beings such as animals, we must, by natural law, receive the same. No one escapes this factual ingredient of existence. As Saint Ravidas states: Whatever thou hast sewn, the same shalt thou reap. No change in this can there ever be. When we sow death, we must reap death. It is axiomatic. Golden Rule, Revised Most of us believe in the Golden Rule - do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But do we really live the Golden Rule? Or do we really just give it lip service? Perhaps it would be more useful and practical if the Golden Rule were modified to the following: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you because as you do unto others, it will be done unto you! Reading it this way would make much more sense and be more spiritually accurate. The first line makes the Golden Rule a nice philosophy. The second line, however, makes it a law, a law which all Saints have said is inexorable. There is a belief that it's okay to eat meat because animals don't have souls. Masters tell us that
Slide 2: all living things possess soul - the essence of the God Force - and that includes animals as well as plants. Without soul, we could not live and, in fact, when we die, we do so because the soul current vacates the body. Without the soul force in the body, any body, that body cannot live. Subsequently, when we violate the soul energy, when we misuse or abuse it, there are consequences to pay, harvests to reap; harvests whose essence is fabricated on what was originally sewn. We cannot reap oranges if we plant limes. We cannot reap wheat if we plant corn. Likewise, how is it possible, living in a world governed by the law of sowing and reaping, for us to reap life when we plant death? Life Substance So if all living things contain soul, what is the difference between eating animals and eating vegetables? In both cases there is killing. Yes. True. The difference, however, is one of degree. It's the difference between tasting a pinch of salt and consuming a pound of it, if that were possible. We can taste a pinch of salt with no significant negative consequences, but if we were to consume a pound of it, it would probably kill us. It is the same with eating vegetables and animals. Vegetables have very little 'life force' in them, but animals have a great deal. Spiritually, there is penalty in both cases for we must reap what we sow; we must pay for the killing we created. The difference is that because vegetables have little life force in them, the penalty is far less than that of animals which contain a great deal of life force. If we were to steal an apple from our neighbor by picking it off his tree, he may be a little displeased. If we were to kill his bird, his anger would probably flare; kill his dog and the penalties become even greater. If we were to kill him, our own life could be taken. Therefore, killing is one of degree, and the consequences, the disciplinary action, the penalties and punishments manifest in degree as well. The greater the crime, the greater the time. The greater the action, the greater the reaction. It is no mystery, and it certainly is not rocket science. It is spiritual science. Summary Life begets life, death begets death. This is a simple truth. It's not complicated. It is a truth that mystics and masters throughout the ages have taught and warned us not to violate if we choose to live a quality life, a spiritual life. And this is the crux of the matter, isn't it? Choosing to live a spiritual life versus a worldly life? How we live is our choice, no doubt, but the consequences of our choices are also not in doubt. A vegetarian diet insures that in a world governed by cause and effect, sowing and reaping, we reap the least penalty possible from violating the greatest of laws, the taking of life.
Richard Andrew King is a professional numerologist, author, Founder and Grandmaster of the Karate Institute of America and the Kiado-Ryu martial arts system. His websites are http://richardking.net and http://Kiado-ryu.com. His books are available on his personal website and at Amazon.com, among which is Messages from the Masters - Timeless Truths for Spiritual Seekers.
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