Man Vs. Wild

Dear One,

I am a vegetarian and I don't eat meat. As a matter of fact, I pass off anything that moves. It was a personal decision I made a long time back, when as a kid, I saw a chicken being slit open in front of my very eyes. The poor chicken struggled to set itself free from the clutches of the butcher, but his grip was too strong and experienced to let it go. Defeated as a forlorn soldier, it resigned itself to it's pitiable fate. The butcher, with one clean sweep of his sharp knife, slit it's throat open. Blood flowed profusely from the chicken's throat and tears trickled down from my eyes.

Thousands of years ago, when humans were still evolving, they were fascinated with ferocious wild animals and their dominion over the rest of the breed. They took it for certain that if they eat their flesh and blood, all the potent qualities of that animal will be imbued in them. That age old myth was the beginning of  man's insatiable desire to taste fresh blood and flesh.

Humans are primarily a herbivorous species and don't need meat for their survival. It is an acquired evolutionary misgiving that meat is healthy. Do you know, that it takes nearly 42 to 78 hours to digest any meat product due to the presence of complex insoluble proteins. There is a host of deadly carcinogens in dead animals that can become a silent harbinger of disease.

Recent research has also shown that when animals are about to be butchered, they are in a state of panic and they release a certain chemical compound that is highly toxic for human consumption. Each year, nearly two million, in the US alone, fall sick due to meat related diseases. Is it worth the risk?

Thousands of animals have been butchered for their flesh and bones. Whales, tigers, tortoises, cows etc. you name them and they are butchered for human satisfaction. Our planet is suffering. In large measure, the escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient rain forests to create pasture lands for live stock, loss of topsoils and the consequent increase of water impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the single fact of meat in the human diet. (Read The Butterfly Effect)

No decision that we can make as individuals or as a race can have such a dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary ecology as the decision not to eat meat. Go vegetarian and do your part in maintaining this delicate ecological balance.

By the way, have you registered for the "Save The Tiger" campaign? Only 1411 tigers left you see; the rest of animal kingdom soon to follow.

Go green - That's the only way you can help.

Peace in oneself - Peace in the world.