How becoming Vegteraian could change
human behavior and the worldI personally believe that diet has a huge impact on our desire to become socially aware and active. I believe this not only because of my own awareness and evolution but because of what I have observed in others that change their diets and clean out the poisons that are contributing to keeping them asleep. There is no doubt that it starts with the individual and personal healing is very important in creating this new awareness. I truly believe that diet is the most powerful catalyst for the awakening of and healing of people, the planet, and all it's life forms. After all, if we are poisoning ourselves with unhealthy foods, smoke, chemicalized water, alcohol and drugs (including pharmaceutical drugs) then why would we truly care about cleaning up the natural environment of the earth. The cleaner our diets become, the cleaner our thoughts become, the cleaner our motives become and the cleaner our world becomes.
Consider this excerpt from an excellent book entitled "The New Vegetarians" by Paul R. Amato, Ph.D. and Sonia A. Partridge. (Plenum Publishing, 1990):
Vegetarians experience a variety of changes in feelings, outlook, and values after excluding meat from their diets. The most commonly reported changes include: an enhanced sense of morality and responsibility (21%), feeling more peaceful and less aggressive (19%), an increase in self-esteem (19%), a decrease in feelings of guilt (17%), an expanded awareness of nature and one's place in it (16%), an increase in feelings of compassion (12%), an increase in happiness and general sense of well-being (12%), an increase in emotional stability (7%), greater mental clarity and ability to concentrate (6%), and enhanced willpower (6%). An increase in awareness is mentioned by about one in six respondents. This includes a number of related changes: an expanded sensitivity to nature and animals, a clearer understanding of one's place in the world, and being more awake to objectionable practices that are carried out in the world. This change in awareness often involves an independent and critical view of our society.