Baraka_Guru

I'm encouraged by this.

My own situation is that I have the desire for vegetarianism and veganism, but I have a weak will. I'll admit it.

Meat tastes good, and animal products have played a huge role in our development as humans. But I'll also admit that animal products are no longer a requirement thanks to research, knowledge, and technologies developed over the past few decades.

With the exception of those with some kind of disorder or extreme genetic disposition, humans are not obligate carnivores; they're omnivores fully capable of thriving as herbivores.

Humans aren't highly evolved superpredators; they're highly evolved supergeneralists. The inability or unwillingness to adopt a more vegetarian-based diet is a strike against this generalist precondition, which renders one more susceptible to environmental pressures where meat or animal products may be difficult or impossible to come by.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot