This is just my opinion. I am not telling anyone else what to do. I eat what grows from the Earth in its natural form. Fresh vegetables , fruits, nuts and seads.
@@theself5738 oh yes ,I have a big sign on a post that says I'm a better than you because I'm a vegetarian and I stand next to the road by my house all day long and hold it up so everyone who drives by in a car can read it. I'm making a bigger one to put on the roof of my house so you can read it from an airplane when you fly over.😁
@@TG-kt9vg Sugar is toxic to your body in many different ways. When your diet is high in sugar it's raises your triglycerides and makes your LDL particle small and dense .These are the LDL particles that stick to the walls of your arteries that cause heart disease.
This is spot on. There were times in my life when I was trying to be “spiritual “ and ate vegetarian. It never lasted. Ultimately with spiritual growth I just lost the urge to eat meat. And drink alcohol for that matter. Not a judgement on those who eat meat or drink. Or to say I’m more advanced in some way. That’s just the way it happened for me.
So true. I'm now on a plantbased diet. I would never have considered it five years ago. It wasn't until I was awoken and put on this spiritual journey that brought me to where I am today with my relationship to food choices. It was a natural evolution.
Yeah it seems like he's choosing his words carefully and thinking of the right answers before speaking. I notice he always does this whenever he's asked a question. Just an observation.
*The more present you become, the more consciousness flows through you, the less you care about pleasures and do everything to lessen the universal suffering. We are animals too and should treat others like we want to be treated.*
iev k Actually human beings are frugivorous as far as physiology, biology and in every way. Just do some research. We can eat eat an omnivore diet, but look how that's working out for the majority of people lol!
@@ievk8058 This is not true. We are omnivorous, which means that our bodies are able to digest meat and plant based food. It doesn't mean that you can't live without eating meat. You can absolutely live a healthy life with a balanced vegan/vegetarian diet and there is a lot of scientific evidence that supports this.
@@miesmon3690 And a lot of evidence, science, and anecdotal (ex-vegan health stories) against the idea that we can go 'without meat'/animal products.. On India the cow is "sacred" for it's MILK especially, since they can't support meat based agriculture.. is increasing, but that population, as an example, has RELIED on the mostinimal amount of animal products to SURVIVE. And their generally much smaller physiques are testament to their low- meat diet, due to mass poverty..
I have realized recently that the only way i can stop my overeating is by being a mindful eater, amd keeping my emotions in check when im around the food, I can say that it has helped alot, I am enjoying food more with less of it.
What The Health documentary on netflix too, or many testimonies at Forks Over Knives. I hope these help. Sounds like you're doing really well though actually.
I love words of compassion. Some people unknowingly justifying their eating animals rather than considering the alternatives available. The attachment to cultural traditions, taste and habit are strong when it comes to animal parts and secretions.
Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, may all your dreams come true, may you be successful in all spheres of life, stay safe and have a wonderful day :)
HL: That makes sense but life being a complex system and we all depend on knowledge and what we think it makes sense to us is dependent on what we learn and what we know and internalize come into play. Being a good choice maker for our own good and a feeling of comfort ultimately depends on our own choice making. However, saying it comes from within us- true or not - still makes us responsible for its consequence. That applies equally if we follow an expert's advice that we trust.
@Sun•Yoga• Health he spills “common sense” that no one seems to have or think about or grasp fully in mostttttt waking moments of their life. So not quite “common” but he definitely spews sense and deserves the credit or fame or whatever u wanna call it for verbalizing and explaining these concepts so perfectly.
I cant fast completely due to health but i am juice fasting and and detoxing using activated charcoal and diatomacous earth. I look at feel so much younger. It also seems to raise your vibration. I am much more aware of my surroundings.
MY ego was in veganism for a loooong time... I beat myself up hard for not being perfect.... instead, I should have gone with the flow of my soul.... I've healed that aspect of myself, now.. I do a lot of fasting (currently on day 7 of latest water fast) My desire at this point is to be as healthy as I can, but also ENJOY what I'm eating.. not forcing it upon myself like an image.
This is a valid part of diet choices. However, I think another part should be societal effects. Such as, if humanity doesn't need to consume meat for health reasons and evolution anymore - because we have food alternatives, science and supplements - and meat consumption at this moment is troublesome to animals, humanity and the world until we have mainstream lab meat available, then that's something to consider as well.
I’ve been vegetarian, fruitarian, vegan ... you name it. Neither made me any more spiritual than I already am. None of those diets made me healthier than eating in balance .Everything is energy and has life. Some humans only identify animals having life. A tree once asked ... Have you ever witnessed a tree being cut down/ and tortured surrounded by his family and then made into the house you live in? I respect everything I eat and I don’t put labels on how I eat. If you want a healthy body, eat the best way for your blood type. Observe how you feel. Proceed from there with consciousness for a healthy body. Do not over eat. A true spiritualist knows that we are already spirit and we are connected to the body that houses it. When the spirit is released from the body, the spirit does not identify as vegan or vegetarian. It’s way beyond that. I am so confused as to how far we have strayed from knowing that.
Eating to reduce suffering isn't about you and it isn't about "spirituality". It's about not creating suffering. You are the one making things complicated. Trees don't have a brain or a nervous system, they don't feel physical pain as an animal with a nervous system does. Also, the blood type diet has been thoroughly identified as pseudo science.
In Eckarts teachings about the pain body I remember him explaining how pain has a energy frequency that can move between beings. It seems reasonable to me to presume eating the flesh of an animal who died in fear and lived a life where it was treated cruelly etc which sadly does happen frequently may transport pain into our bodies when we eat that flesh containing the same frequency
John O'Shea You're a strong being, you don't have to own the belief that you take on others fear. But if that is a fear you choose to claim, then I suppose that could be true for you. You can also support local farms, not the main industries that carry harmful practices, that lie further away from nature. 🙏🏼
@@serenthiafae504 All is connected, you are not a wall that prevents all the feelings of the other living beings from entering. We have empathy, only sociopaths are not touched by the energies and emotions of other beings. What kind of World is created if everyone beliefs that they can do as they please to others, and not be affected by the resulting pain? What do you gain by believing that you are so separate that other being' s pain can t reach you?
Libera Azzurra You are free to believe as you wish! If those beliefs suit you, then wonderful. I also am highly empathic, and through taking on others pain throughout my life, I no longer see that as a beneficial part to my path. I still feel for others, but I don't need to take on mass amounts of pain outside of myself. I don't demonize anyone, or anything, we are all here, diversely, and perfectly imperfect, doing our best. Like i mentioned you are free to hold onto whatever beliefs you resonate with, we don't have to agree.
@@serenthiafae504 I' ve never talked about having to take 'huge amounts of other' s pain on yourself'. It s natural we should use your empathy to decide to take into consideration other' s pain, and not only our own wants.
Libera Azzurra I do consider others pain, which I was I went vegan for 7 years. It ended up causing me and my family pain, due to our declining health, so I had to stop. I still try to make choices that contribute as little suffering as possible, through not contributing to huge harmful industries, instead supporting local farms. I'm not perfect, but I am trying my best. 🙏🏼
I believe that as we become more spiritually awakened and see our connection to all living things, we naturally begin to make food choices that does not harm the planet and living creature.
The truth is, veganism is not natural for the body consciousness. We are omnivores by nature. Of course, many continue to deny this fact even when faced with historic/scientific evidence.
@@CarschA Also the truth is we eat way too much meat as a society. Simply cutting back to a normal/ethical amount will do so much for the Earth. Our ancestors were omnivores, but most only ate meat on special occasions and they thanked the animal before consumption, understanding the value.
@@jamesvanderbilt201 True! We could start by getting rid of processed meats. Those aren't healthy. As for cutting back on meat so to do good for the Earth is nothing more than a lie ppl have been fed with; it's part of the UN 2030 agenda. Check the government for real facts on this one.
@@CarschA Yes, I agree about processed meats, but the other half of your statement is not true. Just one of many sources easily found: "agriculture accounts for 13-18% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Most (65%) of the agricultural emissions are methane and nitrous oxide, which mostly come from cows." This is mostly due to the rapid rate at which we produce meat for big-box stores. Eating meat locally and cutting back on the amount we consume has an effect on the environment. Everything is connected.
@@CarlitosMayo Maybe he suffered from the wrong choice. In an alternative universe, the guy is eating bloody tartar steak and is a successful apocalyptic painter. Here, the big gape between his demonic mind and vegetarian diet makes him a mad dictator. :)
I've waited so long till Eckhart Tolle talks about this topic. I would add the fact that food is energy and when you put animal products into your stomach you put in their bad fearful and stressed energy because they're tortured and killed in the animal industry..
Tobi Kay That sounds like fear in and of itself. There is a way to nourish your body with animal products, without supporting that industry. You're a strong being, regardless of another's fear, you don't have to take it on. You can see this with Native American culture, they are very intune with spirituality, very calm and still, not based in fear, yet they consumed animal products with reverence and grace. It's all in your own mind, but if you perceive yourself as one who cannot overcome another's fear then I suppose that could be true for you. Just trying to shine light on other perspectives and our own strength of being. 🙏🏼
@@serenthiafae504 Native American culture is completely different to our culture and doesn't take into consideration the ethical and environmental issues of our time and culture, no matter how peaceful or spiritual they are.
Conscious Personal Growth I think we are more similar than you may perceive. You are free to see differences instead though. There is a way to be ethical with any choice you make. 🙏🏼 As far as the environment, you are welcome to live in fear, although I agree any form of mass farming can be potentially damaging to the environment. Small farms and self sustainability is what resonates with me the most. We are free to disagree, I don't mind at all, just simply sharing other perspectives to those who it may resonate with.
3.5 years vegan now ex vegan for several months.... Tough lessons on the way in & the way out the other side. Knew Tolle would have some great stuff to say on this critical issue. Did not disappoint. The answer does not come from from without (an abstract guideline) it comes from within.
A shame he didn't address Ahimsa. You can't see the reality of the animals being slaughtered by standing infront of the supermarket shelf and asking your inner body. Cognizance and research is required to learn the truth. Btw Hilter was NOT a vegetarian, his personal chef wrote a book and stated one of his favourite foods were liver dumplings.
Radically Kind people’s super conscious has to realize it like you. It’s not from outside of source telling good or bad. If you are totally superconscious, it doesn’t have to spell every single foods good or bad and why it’s harming or greedy. I think he explained well enough for me to understand. Do you always have to repeat same vegan message? Learn from different perspective.
Plus he said “chicken soup” as “dead bird soup”... it’s enough to say. There are many clean eating vegan who are living unconscious life and doing more harm than their diet. Take off dogmatic view and connect to your consciousness.
@@mymiseon My conscious didn't tell me, I came across the facts on youtube then did my own research and I was HORRIFIED with what I found out. It was a shock that I was contributing to this animal abuse because industries where being deceitful and spend billions trying to disconnect us with what we are supporting and what we are eating. Spiritual leaders have a duty to non violence, Eckhart does not promote this for God's most vulnerable like Thich Nhat Hanh but he also finds the will to mock animal suffering and those who fight for animals.
@@mymiseon Aggressive to tell the TRUTH?? Never be afraid to tell the truth. If you are a vegan like you say you are maybe you need to think more about the ANIMAL HOLOCAUST that is happening right now, and how easy it is for people to stop this insanity by making kinder choices in their life.
The important answer from within for me: I could not go on eating animals oder their products as soon as I knew how cruel they are treated. I love vegan and raw food, and being no longer part of exploitation is a very healthy feeling. I love animals so much, I don´t want to harm them. And it is good for health and the health of the planet.
Well but this text is still filled with ego, ur desire to be vegan is not a feeling ur body was first telling u but the feelings ur mind creates. Of course it can be good for unow that ur eating in a diffrent way, but pls keep in mind that u just wrote ur ego thoughts down.
@@asliasli51 Plants do not have a central nervous system meaning they do not have a brain meaning they cannot feel pain. The feeling of pain stems in the brain.
Body Awareness, as he states... that's the key. You must eat intuitively. I was ignoring my body's desire for eggs and fish the past several months (I was vegan for 2 years), but health issues made me do more research. I realized that I must do what's best for me. Always only buying sustainably-sourced fish, and organic free range eggs.
You do know in free range egg facilities male chicks are thrown into a blender fully alive as they serve no economic purpose. Did you also know that “free range” chickens are bred to lay as many eggs as possible to the point it destroys their bodies and bones to the point they eventually collapse from exhaustion. What “research” are you talking about that requires you to eat eggs ( which is filled with cholesterol, which is directly linked to heart disease) and fish. There is no nutrients that can’t be attained from a vegan diet, there are also many vegan references to help, yes a vegan diet could be lacking in potential nutrients if not eaten the right way, but same can be said for literally any diet.
@Rae Larz you are one of the few who gets what he speaking of, you can also google paul chek he spoke about the deterimental effects of dogmatic eating. Just type in google "paul chek doing Away with the Dogma" first pick
Absolutely brilliant! Eckhart never gives set of rules of commandments but asks us to be 100% present & know if the action/thought is right or wrong. This man is a true master
This is so wonderful to see in video. In my life, tea is also food. The understanding of what tea I am drinking, who picked it, how it was prepared, stored, transported, and what I do with it, are things that keep me grounded. Living with tea has lead to many other teachings. And helped me be as vegan as possible. I don’t need anything else.
I came across Eckharts stuff and didn't feel it but as I have grown, when I come across his videos and testimony, I definitely hear the wisdom and experience he shares.
I eat meat several times a week and enjoy it. I also eat and enjoy raw fruit and vegetables on a daily basis. I would be a vegetarian, but I am unable to digest dairy, nuts, gluten, etc. I expect by the end of the 21st, only the very wealthy will eat meat, while the masses consume meat-like substitutes. For me, poor digestion is the greatest impediment to spiritual growth, so I TRY to only consume foods that digest well, which, interestingly, includes lean meat (beef, poultry and fish). I appreciate Eckhart's measured and insightful response.
Thank you for this. I was a strict vegan for 6 years and a vegetarian for a few years before that. And yes I know about food macros, micronutrients and how to balance those in a vegan diet. But it still wrecked my body, health and digestion. I am now fully bedbound from how unwell I have become - because veganism did not work well whilst also trying to live with severe chronic illness. I was stuck in the egoic belief that my veganism made me a better person as an identity. I became more ill than was necessary because of this. I won't go into gory detail but I mean extreme pain, nausea, bleeding, gut dysbiosis, nutrient malabsorbtion etc. I dislike that I need to eat meat but try to think of it in the same way as other animals who have to eat flesh - an amoral act not based on choice but on survival. As humans we need to improve welfare standards and practices and eliminate some practices like factory farming. But we can never eradicate animal eating altogether because a substantial subgroup of people can't thrive or survive on a vegan diet due to illnesses, disabilities or similar. We must have compassion and understanding of that too and just do what we can to relieve suffering. I believe animal rearing can be a somewhat mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship where we offer them food, shelter and healthcare.
I think here a lot of ego is triggered by popular opinion and collective ideas that emerged since almost a decade around eating or not animals. I think if you truly are awakened you let people do whatever feels right for them and not judge others for their choices. Some people may have disease or physical conditions that don’t let them have a certain diet. Let people be and you will feel much more better about your life
There is no rules at all :) if you feel like there are rules to be followed by everybody maybe you need to be aware of how there is a need to control things and not let things flow with presence
01:05 "If you are vegetarian, that's wonderful. It doesn't immediately make you into a person who is spiritual. You could be egoically identified with being vegetarian, in which case it would be a hindrance to the realization of the spiritual dimension. So -- [laughs, perhaps slightly uncomfortable with the realization that if ahimsa is the motivation to remove normalized violence from one's lifestyle]. " (BTW: Hitler lied about being a vegetarian to promote the optics that he is a compassionate person...not a great misinformation to repeat.)
Many thanks, I have been researching "spiritual advisor training" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Banulian Lonameron Breakthrough - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my friend got cool results with it.
RK: I agree with you. I believe spirituality rises above all and it's over such details from my own life experience. Actually, my experience is that my spirituality is connected to a view that a deeper understanding of humans flaws and an ability to rise through and above them as a whole was helpful to my spirituality. I do a lot things in moderation to help my spirituality because organized religion is rigid and full of dogma when it comes to that matter. Being in harmony in life depends on mind, body and spirit and all are important and take part in producing spiritual growth when they work in harmony and in a moderating environment rather that creating intolerance to other ways of reaching spirituality in one's life.
@@johnjay2717 how can spiritually rise above taking the life of an innocent being who wanted to live as much as you do? That’s egoism, thinking your life is more important than anyone else’s
@@heatherbarnes142maybe your Ego talking^^ Doesnt plants want to live too? Doesnt matter what to eat, ist Always, life eats life. Some part of u has resistance against this topic. Make peace with it. Animals are more in the present moment than we are and they dont care about what to eat.
@@PokerMurray that sounds like you like eating sentient beings and will make up any convoluted excuse to justify murdering an innocent being. One day we might all become breatharian but while we are still eating our fellow earthlings we will never evolve.
Respecting Eckhart's choices, I have only one question for him: what is the reasoning for a spiritual person who discovered love and compassion, to eat other sentient beings and thus support their suffering?
Great question. He fails to understand that sometimes you do need to think about morality and not everything should come from presence. Although presence should be one of the most important aspects of one's life
@@192837qwert The thing with Tolle's food choice is quite clear - unlike most of his supporters, and unlike most of humanity, he is quite aware of the suffering that non-human animals go through in order to be served as food to human animals. That being said, his referral to presence and "your body will know what you need' is nothing more than a lame excuse to continue living egotistically, ignoring the suffering of helpless sentient beings. Animals that are being killed, either by hammer, or in gas chambers, or by being smashed against the ground, also experience presence - the terror of presence, to be more precise. The fact that the nicely packed piece of meat on a shelf of the supermarket once was a sentient being, bred in unspeakable conditions, terrified, helpless and died in agony - that fact doesn't bother the spiritual teacher.
What I got out of this is him basically saying you know how your body responds to sh*t food when you eat it and you know how your body responds good healthy nutrient rich foods when you eat that. You know your body and you know what you should and shouldn't be eating.
The questioner obviously wanted E.T. to say a vegetarian diet is best or better because one is practicing "ahimsa" i.e. no harming of another being (non-violence). So when he cleverly and wisely avoided that strict categorical definition I wonder if she was satisfied with the answer. There was a time when i would have not been satisfied with such an answer but now i realize he's right!
Vegans can't look at a package of meat without seeing the cattle cars, the electric prods, the filthy lots, the sledge hammers, the overcrowding, the fear.
Many are confused about morality and spirituality. It’s not more or less moral to eat an animal or piece of lettuce or a fruit or whatever. Everything is alive and has its own level of consciousness. Just because you don’t see eyes and ears on a tree or a vegetable, doesn’t mean it isn’t a living organism. Morality is about how we treat our food resources. In fact, to build an ideology of what one should or shouldn’t eat, is just another form of judgmental behaviour and identification on a specific form (of thought). Even feeling “more spiritual” cause of dietary choices is just an ego-identity attachment like any other kind of attachment. To slay an animal or cut a flower just for the “fun” of it, or throw away food, now that’s something to reconsider…. Even insects, instead of killing that bee which came into your house, just let it go out again…
The defining myself as a person that belongs to a group which eats diffrently is pure ego. Today my body tells me to eat vegetables only, but listenting to ur body on the next day saying it wants some dairy or a litlte bit of good meat, but u refuse to urself because u think u can't break the deal u made with some people's groups. That's giving the ego power, giving it room to express itself. Because i don't eat like those 'uncultred swines', i belong to those groups. I sympathise myself with mostly those people, is just difficult. Spiritual teacher who doesn't eat meat, but get to come into a company of other people eating meat and offering it to them, they eat it. Out of respect and calmness, u can be thankful for every thing u eat. U can be thankful for the animal that died, for the vegetable that died. And still be a human beingliving life and be as good as the other thats all. Eckhart especially did not say what he means in rules, but peoole here express their ego by saying. 'That's why i am vegan to not have something in common with the industry or other people who make diffrent choices.' In the end u can eat whatever u want but out of a peaceful act.
I believe the essence of it all is to pay attention. Learning to listen to your body and soul. Notice how things make you feel. I believe this automatically leads people to certain answers. One of them is that eating the flesh of an animal that has never seen the blue sky is not something you want. This does not mean that you cannot draw a lot of good energy from eating from an animal that has lived a proper life the wild.
Stefan, listening to your body and soul is fine, but you’d better listen to your brains in some cases. Your body and sould won’t make rational choices, while your brains can.
If you start from the point that we are all one, it does mean that we are one with the earth, we are one with all the energy in the universe, we know that there are different kinds of energy and consciousness and there is no right or wrong, but there’s definitely different frequencies and vibrations of energy, what energy do you think will benefit you more? The one that comes from the natural sun, like vegetables and even animals that lived freely and died peacefully or from animals that lived their entire lives being beaten and in a tiny little space eating processed foods and not grass? Again, there is no right or wrong, the mind wants to create an identity out of it but it’s up to you to choose what you want to eat, and you will face the consequences of your own choices :) Peace
Yes :) I feel this to be true for myself as well. I listen to my body - it helps me decide what to eat when I'm consciously aware. It becomes very simple that way.
As a vegan, I believe knowing the truth about the atrocities of the meat and dairy industry has made me more conscious and therefore conscious of my food choices. If you're not aware of the animal cruelty, environmental damage, and damage to your health that your consumption of meat and dairy products cause, then you are unconscious/not as informed, therefore you are not conscious with your food choices. Just like how we were all unconscious before Eckhart's teachings and then we saw the light.
@@nicktheavatar_ Vegans get a bad rap b u t somehow the world is catching on. It is because of vegans speaking up and speaking out and not caring for our image. Animals needed a voice. Vegans advocated for them. Plant Based ? Well - it is an easier, softer way that some choose. It's All good, but saying i am a vegan - back in the day it took some guts.
@DwainLooking for the smiling emoji. Ok - how about hootspa? That's probably not the word. Yeah i'll say it - a bit of courage. All vegans are (were even moreso back in the day - 10 years for me) going up against the grain, the majority, peoples defenses - the 'supposedly normal' SAD eaters. Yeah - we were the frieks, and the kindness that we chose 3X's a day with our food choices was and still is somehow alien to people who prefer taste over thinking about something 'other than' my stomach. - ie. my cheese that i could never give up, my gut that supposedly would die without corpse. Dwain - can i say ironic here?
@Dwain Yes - frustration can run high. The longer i am vegan the more i 'try' not to say anything. Animals lose out if you say nothing - they lose out if you say something (and turn people off). Personally i am sorry to say i just got burned out on the whole thing and now i am mostly silent. First time in a long time i felt compelled to speak - because of what Mr. Tolle said.
Good comment :) You're absolutely right! Some people do it to become part of a collective narrative also, to feed the ego... but they usually drop out.
Thank you Eckhart! Your food choices do reflect your state of consciousness. If you are ego identified then you will continue to eat and thus support a brand that harms humans instead of eating what does more good. Upon extensive research, I have found that eating plant based is the way to go. My mom is reversing her R.A. with it. I am not plant based to be “spiritual” but because eating plants ( from the research I have read ), is the healthiest from personal health to planetary health.
After awakening I immediately stopped wanting meat and was drawn more to a plant based diet for a long time, recently though my body started screaming at me to eat steak and all though I was hesistant because of ethical reasons, it was exactly what I needed. The body knows what it needs, intuitive eating is the way to go. Drop all egoic attachments to certain dietary restrictions.
Ironically, the way Eckhart thinks about this is ego driven in its own way, even if done so inadvertently. Unfortunately, thinking about food choices in terms of “me, me, me” is ignoring the ethical and environmental repercussions of those choices. Wouldn’t it also make sense to think of it from the perspective of the animals (victims) we eat, especially those in factory farms? Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation, ocean dead zones, zoonotic disease, antibiotic resistance, and suffering. We often approach this from a very anthropocentric place, which seems egotistical in some way or another. Animals don’t care how “present” we are if we’re eating food that results in their subjugation and suffering. The largest dietetics associations in the US AND UK have confirmed that a plant based diet is suitable for all stages of life from infancy to adulthood. You don’t need steak if you’re eating a variety of greens, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, etc.
I did therapeutic fasting for 4 weeks, it helped me to cure the body a lot, because then the body doesn't always have to handle imbalanced or heavy food, which I would usually eat because of not knowing or not understanding which food is right. After this period of time I learned how I can look into my feeling of the body which tells me, whether something will be good for me to eat or not
I relate I'm very aware and observant of my own thoughts that im not my thoughts and it comes down to a choice whether you do or not react cause all it is is a thought and keep telling yourself if anything negative or if something makes you angry just remember you don't have to react that's a way of bringing your awareness to the present moment practice makes perfect. You become more in peace with yourself the more you do it doesnt hurt to try. Much love, peace, and happiness to all, Namaste🙏❤
How 'bout just treating others with kindness regardless of whether they are human or otherwise. Not sure why the answer needs to be more complicated than that. One will then be able to decide if they want to eat a dead animal for dinner. Of course though there are vegetarians who are not as concerned about other people. The answer is to be loving to all.
You should be present with what your food choices are. Choices are made within, not without, in line with your state of consciousness. Ego lives in the state of needy. Thanks Eckhart. ⛵🏆🍾🌲🌸🐧🥁🌛
I think becoming vegan is an awakening on a human level. Our formless self of course is free of identification, but I think it’s the most beautiful experience when our human self is aligning with a peaceful, harmonious and loving life with all other beings on earth. And this love I experience by becoming a vegan is coming from within. I was spiritually awakened and eating meat for some time but since I am vegan I feel like I can even more embrace my inner self manifesting in the outer world. 💚
I have never been as confused as now when it comes to food. I have heard dozens of people sharing their experiences about how they got rid of their anxieties and depressions after doing a KETO diet. And I met some vegans who became meat eaters as they didn’t feel well. I am personally a vegetarian but I am not sure what should I do anymore 😅
Pauline, I have noticed this idea in everything, which leads me to conclude that our thoughts and beliefs create our reality. I know that seems strange but it explains how people with polar opposite beliefs are frequently BOTH right. I've noticed this with myself when I believed something and changed my view; suddenly, that belief is supposed by my reality. Not sure if this makes any sense whatsoever.
Yeah, I can be a bit wordy and vague. I think we all struggle with this. Have you heard of intuitive eating? I watch videos by Stop Being Confused About Health. He can be a bit arrogant, but his message is about listening to your body. I stopped thinking I need to do a specific diet and am learning to listen to my body again. I just got so sick of everyone giving conflicting information so I just decided to basically tune them all out.
You should become vegan - countless doctors have said that our bodies aren't optimized to consume animal products - and science suggests that physiologically and anatomically we are pretty much herbivores. Makes sense because we evolved from primates - monkeys, chimps etc. who are pretty much pure vegans except for eating a few insects now and then.
A mind that knows compassion cannot enjoy a food which resulted in enormous torture of an animal. Without compassion and love there is no spirituality.
I realised I do not want to eat animals or animal derived products. I do not need to kill animals and let them suffer for my health. I am so glad to discover what I was doing. ❤
A part of true awakening is realize the suffering within ones self and the suffering that we humans needlessly cause to other beings. ie. Consuming factory farmed animals that had a horrific life and death. This video gives me the impression that he's all for ending suffering for himself but not other beings. Is he trully enlightened?
Your body doesnt neccesarily tells you whats good or whats not. Take non fruit sugar as an example: does your body want it? Yes? Does it make sugar good for you body? No!
@@moritz3168 Your mind wants it, not your body. There is a difference. Pay attention to how your body feels after you eat something. Your body always let's you know what it needs. It's called intuitive eating.
So many opinions on this subject, so many people THINKING they know the truth, they know what is GOOD, so many people BELIEVING that they have it all figure out and that so many are just MONSTERS because they eat CADAVER. It's ok to do what you FEEL is the right pass, and you have to UNDERSTAND with your MIND, SOUL or whatever that you canot control other people behaviors and telling them that they are killers, immoral or whatever will only strengthen your and their EGO because when you are attacked, on WHO you THINK you are, you defend yourself, you dont go around saying YES your are right I am a monster, for the mind it is too much too deal with to transform the reality it has created to see that what he did was BAD, and again it is only a matter of perception, it is your truth, your body, your experience. For example, some people cannot handle the sun because of a desease or because they are redhead ... and some can stay as long as they please under it, and feel awesome because they have darker skin for instance. Does It means the sun is bad or that it is good ? NOT AT ALL, it means we are all unique and different and even if we have a part of ourselves that is the same, we are also made differents, and that is the beauty of the world, so there is no point on pushing your way of thinking, eating, living or whatever because you cannot change others and we are ALL UNIQUE what is good for you could be the worst things for another. If you feed a newborn fruits it will not live, if you feed a lion vegetable, the same. Suffering is part of this world, wether you like it or not, and it is something bad only if you believe that it is. And if you are spiritual you know that life isn't the end, so there is not point to feel so bad because a life as ended (that doesn't means that you should do it again, it depends on your consciousness body...) When you are on the spiritual path what you feel for other is love and compassion, not judgement or dismay. For the reccord I am far from being perfect, I'm still on the ego side most of the time and I now it because that's what I feel when I read those comments HAHA even so I know deep down that people and I are just triggered.
Thank you for your words of wisdom once again, Eckhart. Every single answer as to what we need to do in any given situation all has to come from within…from presence. It’s so simple yet the ego is so powerful and cunning that it takes a lot of practice to find that level of consciousness to make all your choices from. ❤
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This is a valid part of diet choices. However, I think another part should be societal effects. Such as, if humanity doesn't need to consume meat for health reasons and evolution anymore - because we have food alternatives, science and supplements - and meat consumption at this moment is troublesome to animals, humanity and the world until we have mainstream lab meat available, then that's something to consider as well.
I can imagine a cannibal psychopath listening to this and feeling reassured that, as long as they are present in the choices they make, all is good. Don't the consequences of our choices matter - for the suffering and death of others, human and non-human?
I think you can be present but same time not conscious. On a higher conscious level you'll feel the consequences before they acure. Of couse that psychopath will feel no guilt because he's totally present but operating from a level of the mind and intellect not on the level of heart intelligence . Thats psycho lacks connection to his surrounding and has no empathy. Hope you understand what I try to explain.
@@Gwenny89 I agree that "presence" isn't enough. We need to be conscious of the consequences of our actions and have empathy - but more importantly compassion, for those impacted. For me, that implies a complete boycott of any sentient animal agriculture. That seems an obvious implication of even a minimal compassion. Yet Eckhart doesn't mention that option - he focuses only on presence. That's an odd echo of those who claim that our "free choice" is more important than the victims of those choices.
@@120oz I agree - and the same must be true of someone eating the flesh or secretions of any sentient being (human or not). And yet most who claim to be "spiritual" do just that. So glad more every day are thinking again - and thinking more compassionately.
The connection between diet and spirituality is enormous. When I began to fast so many things changed, not just my weight. Fasting brings you closer to God on a higher level. Because I'm unmarried I can continue to fast for the rest of my life with no destraction. If you aren't single than try fasting with a church group or friends. Fasting before Christ is strong.
@@violamalan8313 Plants do not have a central nervesystem, that is why they do not feel pain. Vegans eat much less plants than meat eater, because depending on the species you need a multiple of plants to feed the animal you eat in the end
Well, my mind immediately shuts down to food that potentially represents extreme suffering of a fellow creature, e.g. pork. If you want to "connect" with food, then there is no getting around that aspect.
Mojave4ever yes there is getting around that aspect. You simply don’t look at the food you’re about to consume and imagine it suffering and/or thinking of the word suffering. You create what you believe to be true
The fact that we get most of our fruits from starving, malnourished, impoverished places, causes suffering to millions of human beings. There is a video interviewing beautiful people of Guatemala that say they are forced to live off of corn tortillas and sometimes rice, because they mass farm their fruit and take away their natural resources for food so that way us in America can eat fruit. The children there are all chronically malnourished. That to me is contributing to suffering.. I think supporting local farms and releasing our own self righteousness on what we need to thrive as humans is the best way to not contribute to suffering as much as possible.
watch dominion I've seen all the documentaries, I was vegan for 7 years. There are beings that get harmed from industrialiazed transportation of goods, ie the fruits and vegan processed foods we consume. There are beings that get harmed from the clothes we wear, to the things we buy, there is no way to exist in a way that harms absolutely no one or nothing. Every industry, vegan or not, harms individual people and animals. Yet all is still perfect. We are perfect as we are. Everything is in perfect timing. I choose to step out of duality as much as I can, but you are free to live however makes you feel the best you can 🙏🏼
I became vegan 6 years ago for health reasons, then after further study realized it wasn't necessary for optimal health, but you can be vegan and optimally healthy if you do it well (without junk). I stayed vegan because I felt a) I was used to it by then, and b) why not if it was potentially having positive effects for the environment and other animals? But I would never tell anyone else they should eat the way I do, I think everyone has a right to do what they feel is right for them. My main issue now is eating "mindfully." I find that I eat based on what I think should fill me up, and I have this psychological fear of getting hungry, especially at night because I don't eat after 7pm. But it's really silly because when I do get hungry during the day, I'm not always able to go to the fridge and eat something, so I just stay hungry for a little bit and then the hunger goes away, no big deal. For some reason at night it seems more important that I get "extra full" in order to prevent this, and this basically just makes me feel uncomfortable right up until bedtime. So I'm working on this and trying to cut that dinner portion down as much as I'm able to, but it's a tricky thing. I'm so good at controlling portions and how healthfully I eat (no junk) throughout the day, but that last meal just trips me up more times than not!
Actually is doesn’t. Do you realize how many animals are killed while fields are being plowed? The most ethical thing we can eat is humanely raised grass fed beef. I’m not trolling. I was vegan once too. Was shook when I realized the destruction of commercial farming.
Actually is doesn’t. Do you realize how many animals are killed while fields are being plowed? The most ethical thing we can eat is humanely raised grass fed beef. I’m not trolling. I was vegan once too. Was shook when I realized the destruction of commercial farming.
Eckhart is a hero to me. Here, we slightly diverge, but that's ok. I still have the utmost respect, and he's not advocating for anything in particular. And I agree that bringing conscious presence to food is so important. However, no amount of presence or inner searching will tell you about optimum nutrition or the realities of agriculture. Just like no amount of presence or inner searching could tell Eckhart that Hitler was infact not a vegetarian. You can fact check this. And even if he was, following vegetarianism still pays for animal slaughter and exploitation, so is ethically similar to an omnivorous diet. Eckhart is a conscious and kind man and would probably have a different tone if he watched Dominion (free on TH-cam). He is right, you can egoically identify with any diet choice. You can be tribal about even the most ethical choices. But that still doesn't mean they aren't more ethical choices. You can also choose ethically and not egoically identify with it. If you educate yourself on the science of nutrition, the realities of agriculture, AND bring presence to the whole process, then I agree, you will then be full empowered. Peace to you all :)
sovereignty... remembering that each of us have our own individual choice and, although there may be benefits of consuming x > y, listening to your own body is a sacred and spiritual practice... learning what it needs...
I will not put dead animals who have suffered inside my being. I can't understand how one can claim to be spiritual and pay for animals to be killed when they didn't need or want to die.
I Really Doubt it Is it more ethical to pay for animals to die because their body tastes good? or is it more ethical to simply leave them alone? I don’t think I’m better than anyone else because I’m vegan... I do believe it’s to be expected not to eat animals for personal pleasure and nothing else.
Your Spirit Body "Within" you KNOWS what is Good and Right for you to Eat. This is who you should listen to. Just Ask and then Listen! If you get something wrong..your body will tell you!
People are so wound up on how others are labeled in their eating habits that they judge them in a negative light. You cannot be the light when you hold another in darkness.
people are so wound up because one way of eating causes immense amounts of suffering for living beings. You cannot be the light when you're perpetuating torture.
@@bm.6349 I'm glad you're going through the journey of spiritual evolution. There will be many hardships, but as long as you don't give up contemplation and meditation, you will find progress and peace 🙏
the mind is in every cell of the body...it really does not matter what you eat...if your mind is strong and healthy the body will convert anything to everything when it needs to..the key is to have a balanced mind...
Unfortunately food is not something one can choose. You get your answer when you get sick, you can be vegetarian or not but when you get ill you better change your way of eating or you'll die. Your body knows better than you.....it's really not a choice!
I eat about everything but no junk or transformed food. Before I eat I bless the food and Mother Earth. If there is meat on the plate I thank the animal that died . Since I have been doing that, no more digestive issues.
I heard something very true Dr Joseph Murphy said. Eat what you like but be grateful before you do. Many people around the world don’t get to eat everyday. If you don’t show gratitude the food then becomes poison. It doesn’t matter if you’re vegan or think you have the best diet. If you have negative thoughts you’ll be unhealthy anyway.
Yes you do! As a human with higher intelligence that was developed over millions years with the key factors of ,higher coordination for HUNTING ANIMALS and the massive benefits from omega-3 from EATING FISH we have become a self aware have and individual choice and can see the world and have empathy and make decisions to eat meat fairy ect , so ironically the only reason you’re a vegan is because all of our ancestors slaughtered and killed millions of animals, cooked them alive and actually caused some species to be extinct.
The answer did come from within me, the internal existence, internal awareness as he stated in one of his videos congruent with the external existence. When I / ego could sense the egolessness presence, as they say, the true spiritual nature, to consume myself in the form of another, the form experiment that the universal consciousness enjoys, felt incorrect.
That's brief but wonderful. Sadhguru has somewhat similar take but he has given detail description about types of food and how they affect body, check it out if you are looking for detailed response.
@@minecraftlord568 They don't give nutritional advice. They just tell you how a particular food reacts within the system. That can be checked by eating and paying attention to your system.
@@minecraftlord568 You're too funny and i completely agree. There is a ton of scientific advice out there re food - leading towards vegan food choices and ahimsa is the spiritual part.
@@minecraftlord568 You eat ONLY non veg for 7 days...CHECK your system. Eat ONLY veg for 7 days . CHECK your system. Your body will tell you what food it wants.
I overate today out of a moral compulsion, usually I don't care about wasting food but there were some beggars around where I was eating and I couldn't bring myself to throw away food I didn't feel like eating so I ploughed through. But the message is timely and I'll see to it that the um, other thing gets done as well.
Choosing to be *conscious* of the food we’re consuming is part of being in the now. We know what foods to eat, Jon process, vegetables, but some don’t. That’s where consciousness comes.
I'm vegetarian myself but I get his point. It's like people who attend church every Sunday but are generally terrible people day to day. He's just saying that being a vegetarian doesn't automatically make you a spiritual person.
the US has such a warped relationship with food, but it doesnt help that most of it is toxic---meat from CAFOs, crops sprayed with carcinogenic toxins, and the overabundance of trash food that addicts us. i really hope the movement towards regenerative farming and responsible pasturing of large mammals takes hold. it's a shame you need to be a food detective in order to eat healthfully...
@watch dominion if mammals are responsibly pastured, it actually holds the carbon in the soil instead of releasing it into the air, and the whole process of raising mammals regenerates the soil. there is a lot of info on it with a growing movement towards this. if you care to research, there is a series called eat4earth that delves into this extensively.
@@Taran532 yes. let’s just throw our hands up and do nothing then. Continue to grow mass amounts of food for the 80 billion land animals we slaughter every year for peoples enjoyment.
Ironically, the way Eckhart thinks about this is ego driven in its own way, even if done so inadvertently. Unfortunately, thinking about food choices in terms of “me, me, me” is ignoring the ethical and environmental repercussions of those choices. Wouldn’t it also make sense to think of it from the perspective of the animals (victims) we eat, especially those in factory farms? Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation, ocean dead zones, zoonotic disease, antibiotic resistance, and suffering. We often approach this from a very anthropocentric place, which seems egotistical in some way or another. Animals don’t care how “present” we are if we’re eating food that results in their subjugation and suffering.
As a German vegan extremist woman once said: NOT BEING VEGAN IS NOT OKAY !!! And i see, Eckart don't understand this, when you say to the people you are Enlightet, then you maybe should have love for Animals, and all soul beiings on this planet, and don't do anythink that can hurt somebody ! For me this is a little and first step for me, when im startet with spirituallity years ago ! How that can be, that Eckart dont understand this simple Truth ????
Let us remember: along with Eckhart’s answer, is trauma. Many eating disorders come from childhood trauma. We need to get to the root problem when there is a disorder involved.
That is the reason why, healing from the inside is very key. Otherwise, trauma will keep controlling every aspect.I know this to well. Otherwise unless treated and dealt with, trauma loves quick fixes which make things worse
You can't binge eat if there isn't much food. In 70s, kids and adults hardly ate in many countries during the day, a thing probably true in many parts of Africa today.
Let's extend our love to all sentient beings, instead of just cats and dogs. Why are we hating on cows pigs sheep chicken by killing them and eating their corpses... They also deserve our love ❤ Vegan is the most compassionate, kind, loving and peaceful way to live, So be spiritual but also be vegan🙏 I think one cannot be spiritual, loving, and peaceful without being vegan
I like the comment: "One eats from their current state of consciousness." - If you are awake, you would not eat something that looks back at you, no matter how you cut it or grind it or set it on fire.
We are swimming in an ocean of books and are brought in such a maelstrom of ideas that no one, including Eckart, has a correct conception of the truth - or that health is the most important truth. prof. Arnold Ehret.
It is very simple. If you accept that by eating meat and dairy that you are part of a farming system that causes great suffering , pain, fear and death to other living creatures that want to be as pain free and crave life as much as you do, then go ahead. If your spiritual consiousness accepts that then why even consider the question? It does make me wonder about spiritual teachers and leader who do
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“All important answers need to come from within you.” Feel if you truly should or shouldn’t eat something. Eat intuitively. Don’t give in to desire.
And if it's an animal treat him/her like you'd like to be treated.
This is just my opinion. I am not telling anyone else what to do.
I eat what grows from the Earth in its natural form. Fresh vegetables , fruits, nuts and seads.
Same here
You can't get all the vit A and Bs from those things.
Good for you. More important is are you ego identified with being a vegetarian?
@@theself5738 oh yes ,I have a big sign on a post that says I'm a better than you because I'm a vegetarian and I stand next to the road by my house all day long and hold it up so everyone who drives by in a car can read it. I'm making a bigger one to put on the roof of my house so you can read it from an airplane when you fly over.😁
@@TG-kt9vg Sugar is toxic to your body in many different ways. When your diet is high in sugar it's raises your triglycerides and makes your LDL particle small and dense .These are the LDL particles that stick to the walls of your arteries that cause heart disease.
This is spot on.
There were times in my life when I was trying to be “spiritual “ and ate vegetarian. It never lasted.
Ultimately with spiritual growth I just lost the urge to eat meat. And drink alcohol for that matter.
Not a judgement on those who eat meat or drink. Or to say I’m more advanced in some way. That’s just the way it happened for me.
You advanced away from your natural diet.
@@zander8780 it stopped feeling natural
Well done. I had similar experience after I stopped eating meat 3 years ago. Was hard at first, but really glad I did it.
I had the same experience too.
Ditto for me too…first no meat, then no alcohol
So true. I'm now on a plantbased diet. I would never have considered it five years ago. It wasn't until I was awoken and put on this spiritual journey that brought me to where I am today with my relationship to food choices. It was a natural evolution.
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Meat isn't bad.... some animals exclusively only eat meat!
@@Nooraksiwe have the intilligence to decide. They work on instincts.
@@Nooraksi totally and humans are animals too.
I like how he takes his time to answer
Yeah it seems like he's choosing his words carefully and thinking of the right answers before speaking. I notice he always does this whenever he's asked a question. Just an observation.
@@fpi9361if you feel the energy of your body and the being your body will automatically choose the right and whole food. 😊
*The more present you become, the more consciousness flows through you, the less you care about pleasures and do everything to lessen the universal suffering. We are animals too and should treat others like we want to be treated.*
Carnivorous animals need to eat other animals!! We are omnivorous and need animal food. Period.
iev k Actually human beings are frugivorous as far as physiology, biology and in every way. Just do some research. We can eat eat an omnivore diet, but look how that's working out for the majority of people lol!
@@ievk8058 We are mostly frugivourous, just like our genetical cousins the gorillas.
@@ievk8058 This is not true. We are omnivorous, which means that our bodies are able to digest meat and plant based food. It doesn't mean that you can't live without eating meat. You can absolutely live a healthy life with a balanced vegan/vegetarian diet and there is a lot of scientific evidence that supports this.
@@miesmon3690 And a lot of evidence, science, and anecdotal (ex-vegan health stories) against the idea that we can go 'without meat'/animal products..
On India the cow is "sacred" for it's MILK especially, since they can't support meat based agriculture.. is increasing, but that population, as an example, has RELIED on the mostinimal amount of animal products to SURVIVE. And their generally much smaller physiques are testament to their low- meat diet, due to mass poverty..
I love the idea of picturing the food going into your body either opening you up spiritually or closing you..Food for the soul.
you cannot feed soul through physical food.
I have realized recently that the only way i can stop my overeating is by being a mindful eater, amd keeping my emotions in check when im around the food, I can say that it has helped alot, I am enjoying food more with less of it.
What The Health documentary on netflix too, or many testimonies at Forks Over Knives.
I hope these help. Sounds like you're doing really well though actually.
Food tastes nicer when your really hungry aswell.
I love words of compassion. Some people unknowingly justifying their eating animals rather than considering the alternatives available. The attachment to cultural traditions, taste and habit are strong when it comes to animal parts and secretions.
Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, may all your dreams come true, may you be successful in all spheres of life, stay safe and have a wonderful day :)
Thank you. You too friend 🥰
you too :)
Thank you so much! I wish the same to you 🙏
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Sun•Yoga• Health what do you mean? He’s just pointing at inner wisdom, nothing contradictionary here.
HL: That makes sense but life being a complex system and we all depend on knowledge and what we think it makes sense to us is dependent on what we learn and what we know and internalize come into play. Being a good choice maker for our own good and a feeling of comfort ultimately depends on our own choice making. However, saying it comes from within us- true or not - still makes us responsible for its consequence. That applies equally if we follow an expert's advice that we trust.
@Sun•Yoga• Health he spills “common sense” that no one seems to have or think about or grasp fully in mostttttt waking moments of their life. So not quite “common” but he definitely spews sense and deserves the credit or fame or whatever u wanna call it for verbalizing and explaining these concepts so perfectly.
I've tried fasting and its really convenience, my life have been transformed rapidly since i met Eckhart.
I cant fast completely due to health but i am juice fasting and and detoxing using activated charcoal and diatomacous earth. I look at feel so much younger. It also seems to raise your vibration. I am much more aware of my surroundings.
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Eating in moderation is much better than fasting.
@@DaniMystic9 i know, right? Like you have so much free time if you don't cook 🤣
MY ego was in veganism for a loooong time... I beat myself up hard for not being perfect.... instead, I should have gone with the flow of my soul.... I've healed that aspect of myself, now..
I do a lot of fasting (currently on day 7 of latest water fast)
My desire at this point is to be as healthy as I can, but also ENJOY what I'm eating.. not forcing it upon myself like an image.
I sincerely hope that doesn't mean that you now again contribute to the mass exploitation of animals on this planet under the guise of spirituality.
This is a valid part of diet choices. However, I think another part should be societal effects. Such as, if humanity doesn't need to consume meat for health reasons and evolution anymore - because we have food alternatives, science and supplements - and meat consumption at this moment is troublesome to animals, humanity and the world until we have mainstream lab meat available, then that's something to consider as well.
I’ve been vegetarian, fruitarian, vegan ... you name it. Neither made me any more spiritual than I already am. None of those diets made me healthier than eating in balance .Everything is energy and has life. Some humans only identify animals having life. A tree once asked ... Have you ever witnessed a tree being cut down/ and tortured surrounded by his family and then made into the house you live in?
I respect everything I eat and I don’t put labels on how I eat. If you want a healthy body, eat the best way for your blood type. Observe how you feel. Proceed from there with consciousness for a healthy body. Do not over eat.
A true spiritualist knows that we are already spirit and we are connected to the body that houses it. When the spirit is released from the body, the spirit does not identify as vegan or vegetarian. It’s way beyond that. I am so confused as to how far we have strayed from knowing that.
Eating to reduce suffering isn't about you and it isn't about "spirituality". It's about not creating suffering. You are the one making things complicated. Trees don't have a brain or a nervous system, they don't feel physical pain as an animal with a nervous system does. Also, the blood type diet has been thoroughly identified as pseudo science.
You are so out of tune with Mother Nature it’s saddening. You cannot have the yin without the yang. Stop trying.
Great comment 🙏
Brainwashed by pseudo spiritualism. Go practice voodoo with beheaded chickens. Same amount of karma progress dude
@@mv8908 , peace and blessing to you.
In Eckarts teachings about the pain body I remember him explaining how pain has a energy frequency that can move between beings. It seems reasonable to me to presume eating the flesh of an animal who died in fear and lived a life where it was treated cruelly etc which sadly does happen frequently may transport pain into our bodies when we eat that flesh containing the same frequency
John O'Shea You're a strong being, you don't have to own the belief that you take on others fear. But if that is a fear you choose to claim, then I suppose that could be true for you. You can also support local farms, not the main industries that carry harmful practices, that lie further away from nature. 🙏🏼
@@serenthiafae504 All is connected, you are not a wall that prevents all the feelings of the other living beings from entering. We have empathy, only sociopaths are not touched by the energies and emotions of other beings.
What kind of World is created if everyone beliefs that they can do as they please to others, and not be affected by the resulting pain?
What do you gain by believing that you are so separate that other being' s pain can t reach you?
Libera Azzurra You are free to believe as you wish! If those beliefs suit you, then wonderful. I also am highly empathic, and through taking on others pain throughout my life, I no longer see that as a beneficial part to my path. I still feel for others, but I don't need to take on mass amounts of pain outside of myself. I don't demonize anyone, or anything, we are all here, diversely, and perfectly imperfect, doing our best. Like i mentioned you are free to hold onto whatever beliefs you resonate with, we don't have to agree.
@@serenthiafae504 I' ve never talked about having to take 'huge amounts of other' s pain on yourself'.
It s natural we should use your empathy to decide to take into consideration other' s pain, and not only our own wants.
Libera Azzurra I do consider others pain, which I was I went vegan for 7 years. It ended up causing me and my family pain, due to our declining health, so I had to stop. I still try to make choices that contribute as little suffering as possible, through not contributing to huge harmful industries, instead supporting local farms. I'm not perfect, but I am trying my best. 🙏🏼
I believe that as we become more spiritually awakened and see our connection to all living things, we naturally begin to make food choices that does not harm the planet and living creature.
Life eats life. You are not above Mother Nature no matter how hard you try.
The truth is, veganism is not natural for the body consciousness. We are omnivores by nature. Of course, many continue to deny this fact even when faced with historic/scientific evidence.
@@CarschA Also the truth is we eat way too much meat as a society. Simply cutting back to a normal/ethical amount will do so much for the Earth. Our ancestors were omnivores, but most only ate meat on special occasions and they thanked the animal before consumption, understanding the value.
@@jamesvanderbilt201 True! We could start by getting rid of processed meats. Those aren't healthy. As for cutting back on meat so to do good for the Earth is nothing more than a lie ppl have been fed with; it's part of the UN 2030 agenda. Check the government for real facts on this one.
@@CarschA Yes, I agree about processed meats, but the other half of your statement is not true. Just one of many sources easily found: "agriculture accounts for 13-18% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Most (65%) of the agricultural emissions are methane and nitrous oxide, which mostly come from cows."
This is mostly due to the rapid rate at which we produce meat for big-box stores. Eating meat locally and cutting back on the amount we consume has an effect on the environment. Everything is connected.
Beautifully expressed....one eats from their current state of consciousness.
As he showed with the Hitler example - there's no correlation.
@@CarlitosMayo Maybe he suffered from the wrong choice. In an alternative universe, the guy is eating bloody tartar steak and is a successful apocalyptic painter. Here, the big gape between his demonic mind and vegetarian diet makes him a mad dictator. :)
That is not what Echkart said....
C H absolutely agree.
@@DaniMystic9 Absolutely ❣️... Speak that
I've waited so long till Eckhart Tolle talks about this topic. I would add the fact that food is energy and when you put animal products into your stomach you put in their bad fearful and stressed energy because they're tortured and killed in the animal industry..
Tobi Kay That sounds like fear in and of itself. There is a way to nourish your body with animal products, without supporting that industry. You're a strong being, regardless of another's fear, you don't have to take it on. You can see this with Native American culture, they are very intune with spirituality, very calm and still, not based in fear, yet they consumed animal products with reverence and grace. It's all in your own mind, but if you perceive yourself as one who cannot overcome another's fear then I suppose that could be true for you. Just trying to shine light on other perspectives and our own strength of being. 🙏🏼
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@@serenthiafae504 Native American culture is completely different to our culture and doesn't take into consideration the ethical and environmental issues of our time and culture, no matter how peaceful or spiritual they are.
I feel fortunate to put the energy of such wonderful animals into my body.. Provided they lived good lives, with a proper slaughter..~
Conscious Personal Growth I think we are more similar than you may perceive. You are free to see differences instead though. There is a way to be ethical with any choice you make. 🙏🏼 As far as the environment, you are welcome to live in fear, although I agree any form of mass farming can be potentially damaging to the environment. Small farms and self sustainability is what resonates with me the most. We are free to disagree, I don't mind at all, just simply sharing other perspectives to those who it may resonate with.
3.5 years vegan now ex vegan for several months....
Tough lessons on the way in & the way out the other side.
Knew Tolle would have some great stuff to say on this critical issue. Did not disappoint. The answer does not come from from without (an abstract guideline) it comes from within.
A shame he didn't address Ahimsa. You can't see the reality of the animals being slaughtered by standing infront of the supermarket shelf and asking your inner body. Cognizance and research is required to learn the truth. Btw Hilter was NOT a vegetarian, his personal chef wrote a book and stated one of his favourite foods were liver dumplings.
Radically Kind people’s super conscious has to realize it like you. It’s not from outside of source telling good or bad. If you are totally superconscious, it doesn’t have to spell every single foods good or bad and why it’s harming or greedy. I think he explained well enough for me to understand. Do you always have to repeat same vegan message? Learn from different perspective.
Plus he said “chicken soup” as “dead bird soup”... it’s enough to say. There are many clean eating vegan who are living unconscious life and doing more harm than their diet. Take off dogmatic view and connect to your consciousness.
I hate those aggressive typical vegan attitude. I am vegan but that attitude push away more from vegan life. Think about how to approach.
@@mymiseon My conscious didn't tell me, I came across the facts on youtube then did my own research and I was HORRIFIED with what I found out. It was a shock that I was contributing to this animal abuse because industries where being deceitful and spend billions trying to disconnect us with what we are supporting and what we are eating. Spiritual leaders have a duty to non violence, Eckhart does not promote this for God's most vulnerable like Thich Nhat Hanh but he also finds the will to mock animal suffering and those who fight for animals.
@@mymiseon Aggressive to tell the TRUTH?? Never be afraid to tell the truth. If you are a vegan like you say you are maybe you need to think more about the ANIMAL HOLOCAUST that is happening right now, and how easy it is for people to stop this insanity by making kinder choices in their life.
The important answer from within for me: I could not go on eating animals oder their products as soon as I knew how cruel they are treated. I love vegan and raw food, and being no longer part of exploitation is a very healthy feeling. I love animals so much, I don´t want to harm them. And it is good for health and the health of the planet.
There are many perspectives on this as to what is best for themselves, thanks for sharing yours.
Well but this text is still filled with ego, ur desire to be vegan is not a feeling ur body was first telling u but the feelings ur mind creates. Of course it can be good for unow that ur eating in a diffrent way, but pls keep in mind that u just wrote ur ego thoughts down.
It’s a feeling of compassion that comes from the heart. Thic Naht Than talks more about why making compassionate food choices is important.
the plant does not live?? if you do not want to torment, you should also eat no green stuff!!!
@@asliasli51 Plants do not have a central nervous system meaning they do not have a brain meaning they cannot feel pain. The feeling of pain stems in the brain.
Whatever you eat-eat consciously and enjoy your food. You will KNOW what is right for you. I love Eckhart Tolle. ❤️
Easily said. Doesn’t make me more sure what I should eat
molgan åberg Then keep being unsure. 🤣💁🏾♀️❤️
Andrew Bennett You don’t know me well enough to make that assessment. So......guess what🤣💁🏾♀️❤️
So if a Chinese eats a dog it's alright as long it's a conscious thought?
And humans are the apex species and non-human animals lives are nothing and negotiable. Get over your ego!
Body Awareness, as he states... that's the key. You must eat intuitively. I was ignoring my body's desire for eggs and fish the past several months (I was vegan for 2 years), but health issues made me do more research. I realized that I must do what's best for me. Always only buying sustainably-sourced fish, and organic free range eggs.
Absolutely
You do know in free range egg facilities male chicks are thrown into a blender fully alive as they serve no economic purpose. Did you also know that “free range” chickens are bred to lay as many eggs as possible to the point it destroys their bodies and bones to the point they eventually collapse from exhaustion. What “research” are you talking about that requires you to eat eggs ( which is filled with cholesterol, which is directly linked to heart disease) and fish. There is no nutrients that can’t be attained from a vegan diet, there are also many vegan references to help, yes a vegan diet could be lacking in potential nutrients if not eaten the right way, but same can be said for literally any diet.
@@joechiu3887 lol
@Rae Larz you are one of the few who gets what he speaking of, you can also google paul chek he spoke about the deterimental effects of dogmatic eating. Just type in google "paul chek doing Away with the Dogma" first pick
Thankful the Universe offers an abundance of options
Absolutely brilliant! Eckhart never gives set of rules of commandments but asks us to be 100% present & know if the action/thought is right or wrong. This man is a true master
Snake oil don't be so naive
@@mv8908 Well, if you have a more mature reply to the question then I am ready to hear
This is so wonderful to see in video. In my life, tea is also food. The understanding of what tea I am drinking, who picked it, how it was prepared, stored, transported, and what I do with it, are things that keep me grounded. Living with tea has lead to many other teachings. And helped me be as vegan as possible. I don’t need anything else.
Ooh that's so beautiful
I came across Eckharts stuff and didn't feel it but as I have grown, when I come across his videos and testimony, I definitely hear the wisdom and experience he shares.
I eat meat several times a week and enjoy it. I also eat and enjoy raw fruit and vegetables on a daily basis. I would be a vegetarian, but I am unable to digest dairy, nuts, gluten, etc. I expect by the end of the 21st, only the very wealthy will eat meat, while the masses consume meat-like substitutes. For me, poor digestion is the greatest impediment to spiritual growth, so I TRY to only consume foods that digest well, which, interestingly, includes lean meat (beef, poultry and fish). I appreciate Eckhart's measured and insightful response.
Thank you for this.
I was a strict vegan for 6 years and a vegetarian for a few years before that. And yes I know about food macros, micronutrients and how to balance those in a vegan diet. But it still wrecked my body, health and digestion. I am now fully bedbound from how unwell I have become - because veganism did not work well whilst also trying to live with severe chronic illness. I was stuck in the egoic belief that my veganism made me a better person as an identity. I became more ill than was necessary because of this. I won't go into gory detail but I mean extreme pain, nausea, bleeding, gut dysbiosis, nutrient malabsorbtion etc.
I dislike that I need to eat meat but try to think of it in the same way as other animals who have to eat flesh - an amoral act not based on choice but on survival. As humans we need to improve welfare standards and practices and eliminate some practices like factory farming. But we can never eradicate animal eating altogether because a substantial subgroup of people can't thrive or survive on a vegan diet due to illnesses, disabilities or similar. We must have compassion and understanding of that too and just do what we can to relieve suffering. I believe animal rearing can be a somewhat mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship where we offer them food, shelter and healthcare.
Jaz Enimsaj I pray you have healing 🥰💕 hugs and love
I was vegan for 7 years and experienced similar, I'm still in recovery. I have much compassion for you and this situation. I wish you healing! 🙏🏼
Yes....I did all plant based for just a short time and screwed up my digestion so bad! Now I have skin and hormone issues
Yes. And choose the source of your meat. Farmed with kindness or in a factory? And eat less of it. You don't have to eat meat every day
@@-weldo-2108 Problem is most people cant afford the former , its not an ideal world ,suffering is forever apart of this reality.
I think here a lot of ego is triggered by popular opinion and collective ideas that emerged since almost a decade around eating or not animals. I think if you truly are awakened you let people do whatever feels right for them and not judge others for their choices. Some people may have disease or physical conditions that don’t let them have a certain diet. Let people be and you will feel much more better about your life
There is no rules at all :) if you feel like there are rules to be followed by everybody maybe you need to be aware of how there is a need to control things and not let things flow with presence
A holy man once said its not what goes into your mouth that makes you spiritual but what you speak from your heart that makes you spiritual
"All important answers need to come from within you."
01:05 "If you are vegetarian, that's wonderful. It doesn't immediately make you into a person who is spiritual. You could be egoically identified with being vegetarian, in which case it would be a hindrance to the realization of the spiritual dimension. So -- [laughs, perhaps slightly uncomfortable with the realization that if ahimsa is the motivation to remove normalized violence from one's lifestyle]. " (BTW: Hitler lied about being a vegetarian to promote the optics that he is a compassionate person...not a great misinformation to repeat.)
Many thanks, I have been researching "spiritual advisor training" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Banulian Lonameron Breakthrough - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my friend got cool results with it.
RK: I agree with you. I believe spirituality rises above all and it's over such details from my own life experience. Actually, my experience is that my spirituality is connected to a view that a deeper understanding of humans flaws and an ability to rise through and above them as a whole was helpful to my spirituality. I do a lot things in moderation to help my spirituality because organized religion is rigid and full of dogma when it comes to that matter. Being in harmony in life depends on mind, body and spirit and all are important and take part in producing spiritual growth when they work in harmony and in a moderating environment rather that creating intolerance to other ways of reaching spirituality in one's life.
@@johnjay2717 how can spiritually rise above taking the life of an innocent being who wanted to live as much as you do? That’s egoism, thinking your life is more important than anyone else’s
@@heatherbarnes142maybe your Ego talking^^
Doesnt plants want to live too?
Doesnt matter what to eat, ist Always, life eats life.
Some part of u has resistance against this topic. Make peace with it.
Animals are more in the present moment than we are and they dont care about what to eat.
@@PokerMurray that sounds like you like eating sentient beings and will make up any convoluted excuse to justify murdering an innocent being. One day we might all become breatharian but while we are still eating our fellow earthlings we will never evolve.
Respecting Eckhart's choices, I have only one question for him: what is the reasoning for a spiritual person who discovered love and compassion, to eat other sentient beings and thus support their suffering?
exactly
@@en3519 he talks about it in one of his videos.
Great question. He fails to understand that sometimes you do need to think about morality and not everything should come from presence. Although presence should be one of the most important aspects of one's life
@@192837qwert The thing with Tolle's food choice is quite clear - unlike most of his supporters, and unlike most of humanity, he is quite aware of the suffering that non-human animals go through in order to be served as food to human animals.
That being said, his referral to presence and "your body will know what you need' is nothing more than a lame excuse to continue living egotistically, ignoring the suffering of helpless sentient beings.
Animals that are being killed, either by hammer, or in gas chambers, or by being smashed against the ground, also experience presence - the terror of presence, to be more precise.
The fact that the nicely packed piece of meat on a shelf of the supermarket once was a sentient being, bred in unspeakable conditions, terrified, helpless and died in agony - that fact doesn't bother the spiritual teacher.
@@en3519 I will find it if I can
What I got out of this is him basically saying you know how your body responds to sh*t food when you eat it and you know how your body responds good healthy nutrient rich foods when you eat that. You know your body and you know what you should and shouldn't be eating.
that insuffiency is probably the root cause of my eating disorders and what he said made so much sense..
The questioner obviously wanted E.T. to say a vegetarian diet is best or better because one is practicing "ahimsa" i.e. no harming of another being (non-violence). So when he cleverly and wisely avoided that strict categorical definition I wonder if she was satisfied with the answer. There was a time when i would have not been satisfied with such an answer but now i realize he's right!
Vegans can't look at a package of meat without seeing the cattle cars, the electric prods, the filthy lots, the sledge hammers, the overcrowding, the fear.
Many are confused about morality and spirituality.
It’s not more or less moral to eat an animal or piece of lettuce or a fruit or whatever.
Everything is alive and has its own level of consciousness. Just because you don’t see eyes and ears on a tree or a vegetable, doesn’t mean it isn’t a living organism.
Morality is about how we treat our food resources.
In fact, to build an ideology of what one should or shouldn’t eat, is just another form of judgmental behaviour and identification on a specific form (of thought).
Even feeling “more spiritual” cause of dietary choices is just an ego-identity attachment like any other kind of attachment.
To slay an animal or cut a flower just for the “fun” of it, or throw away food, now that’s something to reconsider….
Even insects, instead of killing that bee which came into your house, just let it go out again…
The defining myself as a person that belongs to a group which eats diffrently is pure ego. Today my body tells me to eat vegetables only, but listenting to ur body on the next day saying it wants some dairy or a litlte bit of good meat, but u refuse to urself because u think u can't break the deal u made with some people's groups. That's giving the ego power, giving it room to express itself. Because i don't eat like those 'uncultred swines', i belong to those groups. I sympathise myself with mostly those people, is just difficult. Spiritual teacher who doesn't eat meat, but get to come into a company of other people eating meat and offering it to them, they eat it. Out of respect and calmness, u can be thankful for every thing u eat. U can be thankful for the animal that died, for the vegetable that died. And still be a human beingliving life and be as good as the other thats all. Eckhart especially did not say what he means in rules, but peoole here express their ego by saying. 'That's why i am vegan to not have something in common with the industry or other people who make diffrent choices.' In the end u can eat whatever u want but out of a peaceful act.
I believe the essence of it all is to pay attention. Learning to listen to your body and soul. Notice how things make you feel. I believe this automatically leads people to certain answers. One of them is that eating the flesh of an animal that has never seen the blue sky is not something you want. This does not mean that you cannot draw a lot of good energy from eating from an animal that has lived a proper life the wild.
Stefan, listening to your body and soul is fine, but you’d better listen to your brains in some cases. Your body and sould won’t make rational choices, while your brains can.
If you start from the point that we are all one, it does mean that we are one with the earth, we are one with all the energy in the universe, we know that there are different kinds of energy and consciousness and there is no right or wrong, but there’s definitely different frequencies and vibrations of energy, what energy do you think will benefit you more? The one that comes from the natural sun, like vegetables and even animals that lived freely and died peacefully or from animals that lived their entire lives being beaten and in a tiny little space eating processed foods and not grass? Again, there is no right or wrong, the mind wants to create an identity out of it but it’s up to you to choose what you want to eat, and you will face the consequences of your own choices :)
Peace
Yes :) I feel this to be true for myself as well. I listen to my body - it helps me decide what to eat when I'm consciously aware. It becomes very simple that way.
As a vegan, I believe knowing the truth about the atrocities of the meat and dairy industry has made me more conscious and therefore conscious of my food choices. If you're not aware of the animal cruelty, environmental damage, and damage to your health that your consumption of meat and dairy products cause, then you are unconscious/not as informed, therefore you are not conscious with your food choices. Just like how we were all unconscious before Eckhart's teachings and then we saw the light.
Or maybe I should start with "Since I follow a plant-based lifestyle" to disidentify from the vegan label lol
@@nicktheavatar_ Vegans get a bad rap b u t somehow the world is catching on. It is because of vegans speaking up and speaking out and not caring for our image. Animals needed a voice. Vegans advocated for them. Plant Based ? Well - it is an easier, softer way that some choose. It's All good, but saying i am a vegan - back in the day it took some guts.
@DwainLooking for the smiling emoji. Ok - how about hootspa? That's probably not the word. Yeah i'll say it - a bit of courage. All vegans are (were even moreso back in the day - 10 years for me) going up against the grain, the majority, peoples defenses - the 'supposedly normal' SAD eaters. Yeah - we were the frieks, and the kindness that we chose 3X's a day with our food choices was and still is somehow alien to people who prefer taste over thinking about something 'other than' my stomach. - ie. my cheese that i could never give up, my gut that supposedly would die without corpse. Dwain - can i say ironic here?
@Dwain Yes - frustration can run high. The longer i am vegan the more i 'try' not to say anything. Animals lose out if you say nothing - they lose out if you say something (and turn people off). Personally i am sorry to say i just got burned out on the whole thing and now i am mostly silent. First time in a long time i felt compelled to speak - because of what Mr. Tolle said.
Good comment :) You're absolutely right! Some people do it to become part of a collective narrative also, to feed the ego... but they usually drop out.
Thank you Eckhart! Your food choices do reflect your state of consciousness. If you are ego identified then you will continue to eat and thus support a brand that harms humans instead of eating what does more good. Upon extensive research, I have found that eating plant based is the way to go. My mom is reversing her R.A. with it. I am not plant based to be “spiritual” but because eating plants ( from the research I have read ), is the healthiest from personal health to planetary health.
How to eat meat mindfully in an atmosphere being destroyed by methane gas...
..."the sense of note enough is ego"...
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Why would you eat plant based for personal health but not for spiritual reasons?
I only listen to vegetarian music.
D Graf Red Hot Chili Peppers 🌶 🤣
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By musicians who don't eat meat?
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Adagio vegitato
I can resonate with his state of being... being present to thyself is the answer to any problems.
After awakening I immediately stopped wanting meat and was drawn more to a plant based diet for a long time, recently though my body started screaming at me to eat steak and all though I was hesistant because of ethical reasons, it was exactly what I needed. The body knows what it needs, intuitive eating is the way to go. Drop all egoic attachments to certain dietary restrictions.
Ironically, the way Eckhart thinks about this is ego driven in its own way, even if done so inadvertently. Unfortunately, thinking about food choices in terms of “me, me, me” is ignoring the ethical and environmental repercussions of those choices. Wouldn’t it also make sense to think of it from the perspective of the animals (victims) we eat, especially those in factory farms? Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation, ocean dead zones, zoonotic disease, antibiotic resistance, and suffering. We often approach this from a very anthropocentric place, which seems egotistical in some way or another. Animals don’t care how “present” we are if we’re eating food that results in their subjugation and suffering.
The largest dietetics associations in the US AND UK have confirmed that a plant based diet is suitable for all stages of life from infancy to adulthood. You don’t need steak if you’re eating a variety of greens, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, etc.
I did therapeutic fasting for 4 weeks, it helped me to cure the body a lot, because then the body doesn't always have to handle imbalanced or heavy food, which I would usually eat because of not knowing or not understanding which food is right. After this period of time I learned how I can look into my feeling of the body which tells me, whether something will be good for me to eat or not
Will Tuttle has some beautiful things to say about this.
I relate I'm very aware and observant of my own thoughts that im not my thoughts and it comes down to a choice whether you do or not react cause all it is is a thought and keep telling yourself if anything negative or if something makes you angry just remember you don't have to react that's a way of bringing your awareness to the present moment practice makes perfect. You become more in peace with yourself the more you do it doesnt hurt to try. Much love, peace, and happiness to all, Namaste🙏❤
How 'bout just treating others with kindness regardless of whether they are human or otherwise. Not sure why the answer needs to be more complicated than that. One will then be able to decide if they want to eat a dead animal for dinner. Of course though there are vegetarians who are not as concerned about other people. The answer is to be loving to all.
You should be present with what your food choices are. Choices are made within, not without, in line with your state of consciousness.
Ego lives in the state of needy.
Thanks Eckhart. ⛵🏆🍾🌲🌸🐧🥁🌛
I go by that: I eat what is relevant for the level of activity I want to be in and how intense I want to experience my life.
I think becoming vegan is an awakening on a human level. Our formless self of course is free of identification, but I think it’s the most beautiful experience when our human self is aligning with a peaceful, harmonious and loving life with all other beings on earth. And this love I experience by becoming a vegan is coming from within. I was spiritually awakened and eating meat for some time but since I am vegan I feel like I can even more embrace my inner self manifesting in the outer world. 💚
I have never been as confused as now when it comes to food. I have heard dozens of people sharing their experiences about how they got rid of their anxieties and depressions after doing a KETO diet. And I met some vegans who became meat eaters as they didn’t feel well. I am personally a vegetarian but I am not sure what should I do anymore 😅
Pauline, I have noticed this idea in everything, which leads me to conclude that our thoughts and beliefs create our reality. I know that seems strange but it explains how people with polar opposite beliefs are frequently BOTH right. I've noticed this with myself when I believed something and changed my view; suddenly, that belief is supposed by my reality. Not sure if this makes any sense whatsoever.
Annette Morrison absolutely agree! But this still doesn’t fully answer my question...
Yeah, I can be a bit wordy and vague. I think we all struggle with this. Have you heard of intuitive eating? I watch videos by Stop Being Confused About Health. He can be a bit arrogant, but his message is about listening to your body. I stopped thinking I need to do a specific diet and am learning to listen to my body again. I just got so sick of everyone giving conflicting information so I just decided to basically tune them all out.
Continue with your vegetarian diet. Meat is not harmful in moderation.
You should become vegan - countless doctors have said that our bodies aren't optimized to consume animal products - and science suggests that physiologically and anatomically we are pretty much herbivores. Makes sense because we evolved from primates - monkeys, chimps etc. who are pretty much pure vegans except for eating a few insects now and then.
A mind that knows compassion cannot enjoy a food which resulted in enormous torture of an animal.
Without compassion and love there is no spirituality.
I realised I do not want to eat animals or animal derived products. I do not need to kill animals and let them suffer for my health. I am so glad to discover what I was doing. ❤
A part of true awakening is realize the suffering within ones self and the suffering that we humans needlessly cause to other beings.
ie. Consuming factory farmed animals that had a horrific life and death.
This video gives me the impression that he's all for ending suffering for himself but not other beings.
Is he trully enlightened?
See Will Tuttle for a more mindful treatment of the topic.
Check in to yourself for a more mindful treatment. 😁
@@Noor-jw2tn archontic creature go away
I totally agree with what Eckhart says. I listen to what my body needs and I feed it accordingly.
Your body doesnt neccesarily tells you whats good or whats not. Take non fruit sugar as an example: does your body want it? Yes?
Does it make sugar good for you body? No!
@@moritz3168 Your mind wants it, not your body. There is a difference. Pay attention to how your body feels after you eat something. Your body always let's you know what it needs. It's called intuitive eating.
So many opinions on this subject, so many people THINKING they know the truth, they know what is GOOD, so many people BELIEVING that they have it all figure out and that so many are just MONSTERS because they eat CADAVER.
It's ok to do what you FEEL is the right pass, and you have to UNDERSTAND with your MIND, SOUL or whatever that you canot control other people behaviors and telling them that they are killers, immoral or whatever will only strengthen your and their EGO because when you are attacked, on WHO you THINK you are, you defend yourself, you dont go around saying YES your are right I am a monster, for the mind it is too much too deal with to transform the reality it has created to see that what he did was BAD, and again it is only a matter of perception, it is your truth, your body, your experience.
For example, some people cannot handle the sun because of a desease or because they are redhead ... and some can stay as long as they please under it, and feel awesome because they have darker skin for instance. Does It means the sun is bad or that it is good ? NOT AT ALL, it means we are all unique and different and even if we have a part of ourselves that is the same, we are also made differents, and that is the beauty of the world, so there is no point on pushing your way of thinking, eating, living or whatever because you cannot change others and we are ALL UNIQUE what is good for you could be the worst things for another.
If you feed a newborn fruits it will not live, if you feed a lion vegetable, the same. Suffering is part of this world, wether you like it or not, and it is something bad only if you believe that it is. And if you are spiritual you know that life isn't the end, so there is not point to feel so bad because a life as ended (that doesn't means that you should do it again, it depends on your consciousness body...)
When you are on the spiritual path what you feel for other is love and compassion, not judgement or dismay.
For the reccord I am far from being perfect, I'm still on the ego side most of the time and I now it because that's what I feel when I read those comments HAHA even so I know deep down that people and I are just triggered.
lol yes killing is fine and spiritual and perpetuating suffering is fine. eat your cadaver.
Thank you for your words of wisdom once again, Eckhart. Every single answer as to what we need to do in any given situation all has to come from within…from presence. It’s so simple yet the ego is so powerful and cunning that it takes a lot of practice to find that level of consciousness to make all your choices from. ❤
Veganism is about minimising harm and suffering.
@Old Boy there are much more crops used for animal farming, so this argument is invalid
Eckhart Tolle is from another planet
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As a dietitian that teaches/practices intuitive eating, you are so on it!!!! Great analysis!!!!
This is a valid part of diet choices. However, I think another part should be societal effects. Such as, if humanity doesn't need to consume meat for health reasons and evolution anymore - because we have food alternatives, science and supplements - and meat consumption at this moment is troublesome to animals, humanity and the world until we have mainstream lab meat available, then that's something to consider as well.
I can imagine a cannibal psychopath listening to this and feeling reassured that, as long as they are present in the choices they make, all is good. Don't the consequences of our choices matter - for the suffering and death of others, human and non-human?
Totally agree. A vegan diet is the one that, objectively, causes the least amount of suffering and we need to be aware of this.
I think you can be present but same time not conscious. On a higher conscious level you'll feel the consequences before they acure. Of couse that psychopath will feel no guilt because he's totally present but operating from a level of the mind and intellect not on the level of heart intelligence . Thats psycho lacks connection to his surrounding and has no empathy. Hope you understand what I try to explain.
@@Gwenny89 I agree that "presence" isn't enough. We need to be conscious of the consequences of our actions and have empathy - but more importantly compassion, for those impacted. For me, that implies a complete boycott of any sentient animal agriculture. That seems an obvious implication of even a minimal compassion. Yet Eckhart doesn't mention that option - he focuses only on presence. That's an odd echo of those who claim that our "free choice" is more important than the victims of those choices.
If a person is a cannibal he/she is not in any form a spiritual person or in touch with their being, so they aren't present with their choices
@@120oz I agree - and the same must be true of someone eating the flesh or secretions of any sentient being (human or not). And yet most who claim to be "spiritual" do just that. So glad more every day are thinking again - and thinking more compassionately.
Yes and set then intention of it’s gift with great gratitude. Fresh fruit and vegetables are not only high energy aliveness but healers as well.
The connection between diet and spirituality is enormous. When I began to fast so many things changed, not just my weight. Fasting brings you closer to God on a higher level. Because I'm unmarried I can continue to fast for the rest of my life with no destraction. If you aren't single than try fasting with a church group or friends. Fasting before Christ is strong.
Oh no, the immediate religious God insertion. There are other options apart from tying it to the 4000+ religions, let alone just Christ.
Animals are not food! They are intelligent and feel pain and wish to live free lives!
Kay just a question. Plants and grass also lives. So what do we eat?
@@violamalan8313 Plants do not have a central nervesystem, that is why they do not feel pain. Vegans eat much less plants than meat eater, because depending on the species you need a multiple of plants to feed the animal you eat in the end
So do plants.
The same Consciousness that runs thru animals and humans run thru plants. There is no separation.
Well, my mind immediately shuts down to food that potentially represents extreme suffering of a fellow creature, e.g. pork. If you want to "connect" with food, then there is no getting around that aspect.
Mojave4ever yes there is getting around that aspect. You simply don’t look at the food you’re about to consume and imagine it suffering and/or thinking of the word suffering. You create what you believe to be true
If i eat chicken will i become like chicken?
@@dude_homie Probably not. But you will get H7N9.
The fact that we get most of our fruits from starving, malnourished, impoverished places, causes suffering to millions of human beings. There is a video interviewing beautiful people of Guatemala that say they are forced to live off of corn tortillas and sometimes rice, because they mass farm their fruit and take away their natural resources for food so that way us in America can eat fruit. The children there are all chronically malnourished. That to me is contributing to suffering.. I think supporting local farms and releasing our own self righteousness on what we need to thrive as humans is the best way to not contribute to suffering as much as possible.
watch dominion I've seen all the documentaries, I was vegan for 7 years. There are beings that get harmed from industrialiazed transportation of goods, ie the fruits and vegan processed foods we consume. There are beings that get harmed from the clothes we wear, to the things we buy, there is no way to exist in a way that harms absolutely no one or nothing. Every industry, vegan or not, harms individual people and animals. Yet all is still perfect. We are perfect as we are. Everything is in perfect timing. I choose to step out of duality as much as I can, but you are free to live however makes you feel the best you can 🙏🏼
If you've ever been curious about who you truly are, then this is something that you NEED to see...
The medicine is in the food and the way you live your life.
I became vegan 6 years ago for health reasons, then after further study realized it wasn't necessary for optimal health, but you can be vegan and optimally healthy if you do it well (without junk). I stayed vegan because I felt a) I was used to it by then, and b) why not if it was potentially having positive effects for the environment and other animals? But I would never tell anyone else they should eat the way I do, I think everyone has a right to do what they feel is right for them.
My main issue now is eating "mindfully." I find that I eat based on what I think should fill me up, and I have this psychological fear of getting hungry, especially at night because I don't eat after 7pm. But it's really silly because when I do get hungry during the day, I'm not always able to go to the fridge and eat something, so I just stay hungry for a little bit and then the hunger goes away, no big deal. For some reason at night it seems more important that I get "extra full" in order to prevent this, and this basically just makes me feel uncomfortable right up until bedtime. So I'm working on this and trying to cut that dinner portion down as much as I'm able to, but it's a tricky thing. I'm so good at controlling portions and how healthfully I eat (no junk) throughout the day, but that last meal just trips me up more times than not!
Egoistic identification with anything is the cause of suffering.
if pain wouldn't be suffering
Be kind to yourself, the animals and the planet. A vegan lifestyle reduces suffering immensely. It is not perfect but the best we can do.
Actually is doesn’t. Do you realize how many animals are killed while fields are being plowed? The most ethical thing we can eat is humanely raised grass fed beef. I’m not trolling. I was vegan once too. Was shook when I realized the destruction of commercial farming.
Actually is doesn’t. Do you realize how many animals are killed while fields are being plowed? The most ethical thing we can eat is humanely raised grass fed beef. I’m not trolling. I was vegan once too. Was shook when I realized the destruction of commercial farming.
@@Taran532 you should watch cowspiracy. Have an open mind. You afterwards can still make up your own opinion
Eckhart is a hero to me. Here, we slightly diverge, but that's ok. I still have the utmost respect, and he's not advocating for anything in particular. And I agree that bringing conscious presence to food is so important. However, no amount of presence or inner searching will tell you about optimum nutrition or the realities of agriculture. Just like no amount of presence or inner searching could tell Eckhart that Hitler was infact not a vegetarian. You can fact check this. And even if he was, following vegetarianism still pays for animal slaughter and exploitation, so is ethically similar to an omnivorous diet. Eckhart is a conscious and kind man and would probably have a different tone if he watched Dominion (free on TH-cam). He is right, you can egoically identify with any diet choice. You can be tribal about even the most ethical choices. But that still doesn't mean they aren't more ethical choices. You can also choose ethically and not egoically identify with it. If you educate yourself on the science of nutrition, the realities of agriculture, AND bring presence to the whole process, then I agree, you will then be full empowered. Peace to you all :)
sovereignty... remembering that each of us have our own individual choice and, although there may be benefits of consuming x > y, listening to your own body is a sacred and spiritual practice... learning what it needs...
I will not put dead animals who have suffered inside my being. I can't understand how one can claim to be spiritual and pay for animals to be killed when they didn't need or want to die.
Wow, your so morally superior......said no one....
I Really Doubt it Is it more ethical to pay for animals to die because their body tastes good? or is it more ethical to simply leave them alone? I don’t think I’m better than anyone else because I’m vegan... I do believe it’s to be expected not to eat animals for personal pleasure and nothing else.
Absolutely right, you made me realize, I need to go hunt for my food more frequently. Namasté 🕉️🙏😊
A little judgmental. It is not your place to understand someone else’s journey. You listen to the answers that come within you.
Your Spirit Body "Within" you KNOWS what is Good and Right for you to Eat. This is who you should listen to. Just Ask and then Listen! If you get something wrong..your body will tell you!
People are so wound up on how others are labeled in their eating habits that they judge them in a negative light. You cannot be the light when you hold another in darkness.
Beautifully put. ❤️
people are so wound up because one way of eating causes immense amounts of suffering for living beings. You cannot be the light when you're perpetuating torture.
@@bm.6349 I'm glad you're going through the journey of spiritual evolution. There will be many hardships, but as long as you don't give up contemplation and meditation, you will find progress and peace 🙏
the mind is in every cell of the body...it really does not matter what you eat...if your mind is strong and healthy the body will convert anything to everything when it needs to..the key is to have a balanced mind...
Unfortunately food is not something one can choose.
You get your answer when you get sick, you can be vegetarian or not but when you get ill you better change your way of eating or you'll die.
Your body knows better than you.....it's really not a choice!
Universe gives us beautiful plants, nutrition, water, and no plastic packaging.
I eat about everything but no junk or transformed food. Before I eat I bless the food and Mother Earth. If there is meat on the plate I thank the animal that died . Since I have been doing that, no more digestive issues.
I heard something very true Dr Joseph Murphy said. Eat what you like but be grateful before you do. Many people around the world don’t get to eat everyday. If you don’t show gratitude the food then becomes poison. It doesn’t matter if you’re vegan or think you have the best diet. If you have negative thoughts you’ll be unhealthy anyway.
Can those negative thoughts be abated by following a kind diet? Definitely helps to go vegan.
I’m vegan, so I can live and let live ❤️
Yes you do! As a human with higher intelligence that was developed over millions years with the key factors of ,higher coordination for HUNTING ANIMALS and the massive benefits from omega-3 from EATING FISH we have become a self aware have and individual choice and can see the world and have empathy and make decisions to eat meat fairy ect , so ironically the only reason you’re a vegan is because all of our ancestors slaughtered and killed millions of animals, cooked them alive and actually caused some species to be extinct.
The answer did come from within me, the internal existence, internal awareness as he stated in one of his videos congruent with the external existence. When I / ego could sense the egolessness presence, as they say, the true spiritual nature, to consume myself in the form of another, the form experiment that the universal consciousness enjoys, felt incorrect.
That's brief but wonderful.
Sadhguru has somewhat similar take but he has given detail description about types of food and how they affect body, check it out if you are looking for detailed response.
True, they are two of my favourite people
@@minecraftlord568 They don't give nutritional advice. They just tell you how a particular food reacts within the system. That can be checked by eating and paying attention to your system.
@@minecraftlord568 You're too funny and i completely agree. There is a ton of scientific advice out there re food - leading towards vegan food choices and ahimsa is the spiritual part.
@@minecraftlord568 You eat ONLY non veg for 7 days...CHECK your system.
Eat ONLY veg for 7 days . CHECK your system.
Your body will tell you what food it wants.
@@minecraftlord568 try telling a bear in the woods that you're the apex predator on the block....
I overate today out of a moral compulsion, usually I don't care about wasting food but there were some beggars around where I was eating and I couldn't bring myself to throw away food I didn't feel like eating so I ploughed through. But the message is timely and I'll see to it that the um, other thing gets done as well.
Choosing to be *conscious* of the food we’re consuming is part of being in the now. We know what foods to eat, Jon process, vegetables, but some don’t. That’s where consciousness comes.
I'm vegetarian myself but I get his point. It's like people who attend church every Sunday but are generally terrible people day to day. He's just saying that being a vegetarian doesn't automatically make you a spiritual person.
the US has such a warped relationship with food, but it doesnt help that most of it is toxic---meat from CAFOs, crops sprayed with carcinogenic toxins, and the overabundance of trash food that addicts us. i really hope the movement towards regenerative farming and responsible pasturing of large mammals takes hold. it's a shame you need to be a food detective in order to eat healthfully...
ignorance is cyst
@watch dominion if mammals are responsibly pastured, it actually holds the carbon in the soil instead of releasing it into the air, and the whole process of raising mammals regenerates the soil. there is a lot of info on it with a growing movement towards this. if you care to research, there is a series called eat4earth that delves into this extensively.
"the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world." yet still pays for animals to suffer so that he can enjoy their dead bodies.
Does he eat meat still?
Commercial farming causes animal suffering as well. There’s no avoiding it.
@@Taran532 yes. let’s just throw our hands up and do nothing then. Continue to grow mass amounts of food for the 80 billion land animals we slaughter every year for peoples enjoyment.
Thank you Eckhart Tolle 💕
Best response ever!!! Deep gratitude to Eckart and Presence flowing thru him.
Ironically, the way Eckhart thinks about this is ego driven in its own way, even if done so inadvertently. Unfortunately, thinking about food choices in terms of “me, me, me” is ignoring the ethical and environmental repercussions of those choices. Wouldn’t it also make sense to think of it from the perspective of the animals (victims) we eat, especially those in factory farms? Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation, ocean dead zones, zoonotic disease, antibiotic resistance, and suffering. We often approach this from a very anthropocentric place, which seems egotistical in some way or another. Animals don’t care how “present” we are if we’re eating food that results in their subjugation and suffering.
With all due respect I wish Eckhart would spend a day at a slaughterhouse and see how enlightened killing these poor animals is.
As a German vegan extremist woman once said: NOT BEING VEGAN IS NOT OKAY !!!
And i see, Eckart don't understand this, when you say to the people you are Enlightet, then you maybe should have love for Animals, and all soul beiings on this planet, and don't do anythink that can hurt somebody ! For me this is a little and first step for me, when im startet with spirituallity years ago ! How that can be, that Eckart dont understand this simple Truth ????
Let us remember: along with Eckhart’s answer, is trauma. Many eating disorders come from childhood trauma. We need to get to the root problem when there is a disorder involved.
That is the reason why, healing from the inside is very key. Otherwise, trauma will keep controlling every aspect.I know this to well. Otherwise unless treated and dealt with, trauma loves quick fixes which make things worse
You can't binge eat if there isn't much food. In 70s, kids and adults hardly ate in many countries during the day, a thing probably true in many parts of Africa today.
Let's extend our love to all sentient beings, instead of just cats and dogs.
Why are we hating on cows pigs sheep chicken by killing them and eating their corpses... They also deserve our love ❤
Vegan is the most compassionate, kind, loving and peaceful way to live,
So be spiritual but also be vegan🙏
I think one cannot be spiritual, loving, and peaceful without being vegan
I like the comment: "One eats from their current state of consciousness." - If you are awake, you would not eat something that looks back at you, no matter how you cut it or grind it or set it on fire.
That is the ego speaking. One cannot decide for another person in their current state of consciousness what is right for them.
@Laura LouMc the unconscious aren't choosing their actions either
@@KenjiKitahara yeh he missed the point lol
We are swimming in an ocean of books and are brought in such a maelstrom of ideas that no one, including Eckart, has a correct conception of the truth - or that health is the most important truth. prof. Arnold Ehret.
Eckhart has been my guide since circa 2014.
It is very simple. If you accept that by eating meat and dairy that you are part of a farming system that causes great suffering , pain, fear and death to other living creatures that want to be as pain free and crave life as much as you do, then go ahead. If your spiritual consiousness accepts that then why even consider the question? It does make me wonder about spiritual teachers and leader who do