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The question of food and eating reveals that the fruitarian practices are superior karmically. Fruits and leaves, including fruit-type vegetables are considered best and quite nutritious. These must have seeds that are easily separated from the fruit, and the seeds must be collected and treated properly and scattered or planted in an appropriate place. The transition from omnivore to vegetarian to vegan to fruitarian can be a gradual process seeing ones body and system evolve over time. Too sharp a leap may be too extreme for some to handle.

The purpose of eating is ultimately not to maintain the physical body indefinitely. The spiritual/karmic considerations must come first. the body cannot last forever, but the energy and spiritual inertia may be ongoing in various ways. The veg/fruitarian path may be considered an austerity or deprivation with purifying effects. If it leads to the dwindling/cessation of the body it is considered auspicious and acceptable. The karmic result and what is gained when the material phase of life ends is thought to be worth these minor, temporary inconveniences.

This is just a hint of the true benefits of karmic and spiritual practices. It involves the development of very pleasant inner qualities which improve the quality of life from the inside out. It involves subtle spiritual migrations to regions of existence where one will dwell among other likewise developed beings in worlds of a much different character than this one. But these things can be known and seen for oneself and should not be accepted by words alone.