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For me choosing not to eat meat has to do with my opinion that I am at a place in my evolution that I don't have to eat meat to survive, I can choose other, less violent options. This isn't to say I don't see that, as Verk mentioned, all life leans on others' existence, but I mindfully choose to not add to that, in this manner.
The practice of non-violence in my diet, has spread into aspects of my life and has taken away that 'answer' to living, down the subtle scale of choice.
Animal vs. Plant:
Ultimately whatever you eat, it certainly is part and parcel of a much larger thing. Everything coexists. A tree isn't just a tree and neither are we just an I. So I feel that being thankful for all life forms that help us sustain our lives, no matter what your choices on diet are. You can still live in total gratitude for the animal, the grass, the farmer who grew the grains, the butcher, the person who makes the butchers food.
Mindfulness of the cycle is the most important with in the topic of discussion, for me.
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