posted October 25, 2007 02:12 PM         

my friend actually told me in a letter so i will post part of it here so that you can understand my question a little better...

"In our spiritual bodies, the astral and the etheric exist in a balanced interplay of sorts. kind of like yin and yang. the plant kingdom can be described as basically etheric, whereas animals are astral. in the etheric, everything is opposite- as madonna of rock fame even knew, in the etheric, her vagina was a penis...anyway, eating only plants which are etheric, feeds your astral body...."

and earlier in the letter she wrote:

"it's not always about the nutrition. all too often raw food converts, as well as advocates of other radical dietary protocols, possess a near frenzied religious fervor, attaching spiritual, puritanical, even moralistic significance to the virtues of their "superior" 100% raw, vegan, or vegetable food diet. coined "orthorexia nervosa" in Health Food Junkies by Dr. Steven Bratman and David Knight, this phenomenon is commonly observed within every health food community. unfortunatly, it ends up being dysfunctional and unsustainable, reflecting a self-indulgent, obsessive need to control and be right, with a bottom line that essentially makes the enjoyment of eating into a guilty vice. the naive belief that you're holding the trump card is an attitude that keeps humanity constantly on the skids, locked in our endless religious wars."

posted October 27, 2007 01:22 PM         

my thought on this topic (like so many other topics ) are completly confused. I see both sides. Like in star signs how linda says you must slowly go off meat, i agree with that, but on the same token, you're body might not be able to fully heal while still eating meat. and then again, someone's body might always need meat if they are protein dominant (like myself) or is "dominance" (either for protein or carbs) and actual illness/dis-ease in itself, and if you are truely healed then you are balanced between the two. (like i said CONFUSING!) so that's just dealing with the physical body let alone the etheric or astral! working my way up i suppose......... thanks for the reply!