The Conscious Omnivore

I did think of mentioning as Non-vegetarian rather than Omnivore but it kind of gave a unique status to us humans; which is not required. Many humans are Omnivores and that’s it. A vegetarian is an Herbivore and that is fine too.  Ok now to the point.

If we as humans feel that we necessarily have to supplement with animal food/products for any reason ( for eg.medical advice ) I suggest below is probably a way to do it right ; which makes us fully conscious humans. Basically the act of consumption needs to be done consciously.( I have not added the taste, cultural practice of eating meat and other aspects as that is outside the purview of this blog )

1) Before eating or cooking please start with thanking the food item(Milk; animal meat ,egg, fish etc ) for having spared its life for us. While thanking kindly experience that we are enjoying a major luxury. The luxury is that of having killed(milk is involves killing too);  another living being that could have seen God's sky and played around in God's world like all other creations. ( ………even ants have a social life in case you did not know. )

2.      2) Once we thank;  we are connected to it and the nourishment to our body will be complete. More importantly; once we thank, it is only natural and human that we know the kind of life it would have led till death. Did it at least have a decent quality of life till death ? Or was it a painful life. Is there a way we can ensure that the animals we consume has had a good life at least till the point of losing its life.     Therein comes the next item(3)

  3) Buy the food item from a free range humane source. This means the Milk, egg, Meat etc;    have been produced under conditions where the animal has had a good quality of life until being killed. ( With regards to Dairy, 'free range' means the Cow being milked has not had its calf separated from it after birth; not pumped with chemicals to produce more milk and not inseminated back to back to produces calves like  machine or male calves butchered )  . The Dairy industry is one of the most cruel and free range Milk is available if you search hard enough  

 

We need to ensure by thorough checks that the animal has not undergone pain and suffering like in factory farms ( where most of the milk , meat and eggs are produced today.)  In factory farms and heavy commercial production units ; animals are injected with hormones etc. for putting on weight fast;  and the poor beings live in cramped inhuman conditions

Eg. Egg layer hens typically live their lives in a 1 foot by 1 foot cage all their lives . The hens go crazy due to the confinement and start pecking themselves or neighbouring hens and cause mutilation; and to avoid this they are debeaked at a very young age with a Red Hot Iron( the pain is unimaginable). Male chicks in the egg industry are macerated on birth; please just read about it – it means grinding “Live” animals and they become fertilizer.  

For Poultry meat hens are kept in battery cages or tightly packed coops . They are

made to put on weight so fast that their legs break unable to bear the weight of the fast growing body. Factory farming of Goats and Bovines is equally cruel.  

 

4.     4) Once having identified a free range food product ; please buy the least possible quantity as required for basic nutritional  needs. This means no gluttony ; wastage ; and so definitely no animals products at parties; and NO buffets etc…. strictly.

 

5.      5) The cost of Free range Eggs and Meat is high ; hence you will need to plan your budget . It should definitely be  priority for the thinking human ; because the worst pain and suffering of the animal is reduced to a great extent. Hence you are not getting all that pain, suffering and bad karma PLUS you are saved from all the hormones and antibiotics pumped into the animals in factory farms

   Thats it, ,  you are now a conscious Omnivore. Congratulations ;  and also on the way to becoming a Vegan soon . I can guarantee that; because a conscious human cant be a killer for long.                                                                          

     Ofcourse there is the choice to ignore all the above and remain an unconscious human; but then God is going to regret why he created this person with the six senses. 

And he may probably do something about it ?