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Detox week experiment, the evaluation

I’ve been absent here, due to a variety of reasons. One was simply an unusual busy week. My youngest brother had a performance, I had a theosophical study group to lead, there was a meeting with my grandmother’s care givers to go to and an outing with her and the whole section of Alzheimer patients… [...]

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Will, diet, renunciation and religion

Traditionally the main religions have advocated renunciation in one form or another. Whether it’s the fasting for Lent or the day time fast in Ramadan – lay people have been stimulated to restrain their appetites at one time in the year. For religious professionals – like monks, nuns and priests – renunciation was a full [...]

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Drugs & spirituality: thee, coffee, alcohol, smoking etc.

Blavatsky is sometimes accused of being a hypocrite for advocating vegetarianism, but not being one. Yet she never hid her habit of eating (lots of) meat. She didn’t broadcast it either, but then she lived in the Victorian age. In our time, especially on blogs, it is quite proper to start such a piece as [...]

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6 random things about me – I've been tagged :)

Blogs are about communication. And I started this blog out warning my theosophical friends that I was going to get personal every once in a while. I’m afraid I haven’t been true to my word – but that’s going to change today. I’ve been tagged by Joyful Days and I’ll be tagging 6 other bloggers [...]

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Are humans meant to be vegetarian?

I get this question all the time. People compare our biology to wolves, bears, horses, cows… Biologically we are most like pigs actually. Pigs are omnivores, but can live off a purely vegetable diet. So can we. Cows have several stomachs so they can eat grass. Humans can only digest the grass we eat (wheat [...]

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Can a person live on a vegan diet?

A reader asks: Can a person really live on only a vegan diet? Are there Theosophists who are true vegans?  If so, what supplements, if any, do they take? Are eggs acceptable from a Theosophic standpoint if they are unfertilized and not from chickens that have been tortured?  Are there any dairy products that can [...]

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