In regards to eating meat, what is your opinion on the spiritual aspect of hunting and fishing? These are a large part of spirituality and connection for many indigenous peoples. The aboriginal peoples of Australia for example who may have been in that region for over 70,000 years with a persistent culture.
We do not know with certainty that during those 70,000 years you speak of, the continent was even there that long. Many deluges and changes of climate and topography have changed the earths surface during that time. Had it not been so there would never have been the well known facts surrounding all kinds of stretches of lands, for an example, found under the oceans floor that show signs of intelligent life who built them. There would also not have been, for instance, changes in the polarity of the earths poles. There would have not been sudden seismological activity on the earth that has changed the whole topography of the earths surface, Not to even speak of the activities of the inhabitants, that at times wiped out most of the population of the earth. So what ‘may’ have been is only conjecture.
We must recognize, at some point, that everything has a spiritual aspect. Even a tree has trapped spiritual energy. And who has not seen a spiritual dog that has the ability to even save life? Do we for instance judge a man eating meat as lowly, who has defended his country from intruders invading who would enslave them? Would the dogs or the man’s protection to our freedom from oppression be considered not spiritual? People and dogs cannot be judged or evaluated by their eating meat, as to whether they have or have not any ability to make spiritual decisions. My conclusion, following your line of reasoning: We do not know that people have always done anything they may be doing today. Nor what a persons choice of action will be, by what they eat alone. Spirituality has many defining qualities, what people eat and drink is only one of those distinctive expressions, which nevertheless, obviously affects behavior. Fortunately we have people aware enough to see this and have advised us in the best way to spiritualize consciousness. If people choose to ignore such council it is their psychological, health and spiritual loss.
