eating meat spirituality 28 to 52

[innertruth]

I had a dilemma about meat eating...Sometimes we get meat...in my house..
However doing yoga, meditation and meat eating are said not to go well together..
I asked Yi whether I should eat meat if I want to continue practice - spiritual ones.
Got 28.2.4.5.6 to 52

Must be a tough question...and I am more than confused.

 

[Trojina]

I had a dilemma about meat eating...Sometimes we get meat...in my house..
However doing yoga, meditation and meat eating are said not to go well together..
I asked Yi whether I should eat meat if I want to continue practice - spiritual ones.
Got 28.2.4.5.6 to 52

Must be a tough question...and I am more than confused.

It's not a tough question at all. The only thing to consider is whether you want to go on eating meat or not. I mean if you were a yogic sage up a mountain meat eating might be something that seems incompatible or undesirable but billions of ordinary people eat meat and do some yoga and meditation.

It's up to you, go you own way as 28 says. You cannot change your diet just because of some idea it will make you less 'spiritual' .....unless you really want to of course.

 

[innertruth]

Hm.. so it's all in my mind?

I mean I read Dalai Lama is eating meat due to health considerations...well maybe he can because at his level of consciousness it is allowed? and many Tibetans also eat meat...maybe it's just part of our genes - if our ancestors were all meat eaters - it's only correct to not torture your body out of some idea..only idea as you said.
Indians never eat meat as much - so maybe it's only natural for them to abstain from it..and since all yoga practices or many of them originate in India -they point out at this requirement...well in India they could not afford to kill so much animals anyway..!!

So...only thing I wanted to know is 28..what it's about...because it's some exhaustion...so it's cool to know it's pretty much about my choice.

 

[kttuan]

Hm.. so it's all in my mind?
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So...only thing I wanted to know is 28..what it's about...because it's some exhaustion...so it's cool to know it's pretty much about my choice.

dear friend.
hex 28 Ta Kuo( big pass over) means something which is over criteria. you can see the pattern of the hexagram and you can imagine it to be as a fat person.so the hexagrams tell simply: if you practice and eating meat (so much), your way in promotion will face to "mountain" which stop you from go further.

 

[Trojina]

Hm.. so it's all in my mind?

I mean I read Dalai Lama is eating meat due to health considerations...well maybe he can because at his level of consciousness it is allowed? and many Tibetans also eat meat...maybe it's just part of our genes - if our ancestors were all meat eaters - it's only correct to not torture your body out of some idea..only idea as you said.
Indians never eat meat as much - so maybe it's only natural for them to abstain from it..and since all yoga practices or many of them originate in India -they point out at this requirement...well in India they could not afford to kill so much animals anyway..!!

So...only thing I wanted to know is 28..what it's about...because it's some exhaustion...so it's cool to know it's pretty much about my choice.

All in your mind ? Well it's just totally your choice. Well it is my opinion it's about your choice...after all who else is to decide what you eat. Frankly I don't think a person progresses on their spiritual path due to what they eat, I think it goes the other way around that a person knows what food is right for them at certain points on their journey perhaps. This is not to say that eating good wholesome food is not important on all levels of being of course but I don't believe anyone gets spiritual brownie points for not eating meat. I believe your own body knows if it wants meat and I think some people need it more than others.

My posts here are all opinion and very little on 28 BTW. I don't understand your concept of 'allowed' you can eat what you want, who is to disallow it ? I do see it is better to eat free range meat, an animal shouldn't have to live a horrible life to give us meat but whether you eat meat is up to you.

Shall I try the reading ?

eating meat spirituality 28 to 52
I had a dilemma about meat eating...Sometimes we get meat...in my house..
However doing yoga, meditation and meat eating are said not to go well together..
I asked Yi whether I should eat meat if I want to continue practice - spiritual ones.
Got 28.2.4.5.6 to 52

Must be a tough question...and I am more than confused.

Well with all these moving lines 52 is important and 52 asks you to simply quieten yourself, there's no need to take action. Yet 28 presses for action, needs to move, so much weight bearing down on the roof beams, so it shows something in danger of imminent collapse. You need to find this feeling within yourself. Where do you feel pressured ? I wonder if you feel the need to give up meat as a pressure ? I actually think you should try to reduce pressure on yourself in any way that you can. I think you should stop worrying about things. It doesn't matter whether you eat meat or not right now (52) stop worrying then see how you feel about it