The World Peace Diet: Eating For Spiritual Health And Social Harmony

the world would long since have been in a peaceful state. There’s no need to give
up your property; just give up the meat-based diet. That would be enough to save
the world.”
5. Charles Fillmore, “The Twins: Eating and Drinking,” Unity Magazine, June 1915.
6. See Carol Simontacchi, The CrazyMakers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying
Our Brains and Harming Our Children. New York: Putnam, 2000.
7. For the complete story and interview with Dr. Pam Popper of the “Wellness Forum,”
see http://www.madcowboy.com/02_MCIview02.000.html.
8. Mary Spicuzza, “Eating on the Edge,” The Seattle Times, September 3, 2003. See
also http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org.
9. There are many ways to cultivate this inner field of loving-kindness and compassion.
One helpful resource is Judy Carman’s book Peace to All Beings (New York:
Lantern Books, 2003), which contains prayers, meditations, and stories that help
readers deepen their spiritual connection with animals. Another is the Four Viharas
Guided Meditation compact disc by the author of this book, which teaches a 2,500-
year-old practice designed to help us reconnect with our inner spiritual abode of
loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. A third resource is the compact
disc album AnimalSongs, also by the author, which contains original piano music
blended with the voices of animals, with special attention to those species we use for
food. See the Resources section for further information.
10. Thomas Byrom, tr., The Dhammapada, attributed to Gautama Buddha (New York:
Bantam, 1976).
11. Dennis Kucinich, “Spirit and Stardust,” address given at the Dubrovnik Conference
on the Alchemy of Peacebuilding, June 4–11, 2002.