Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Effect #05 – Most importantly of all, you will SAVE THE LIVES OF 1000’s OF
ANIMALS …
Every casual meat-eater that becomes a vegetarian saves hundreds of animal lives every
year. It is one of the easiest ways out there to do something powerfully Good &
amazingly noble for others.
SHIFTING TO A RESPECT-BASED DIET: SOME HELPFUL TIPS
TIP #01 – In the beginning, at least, it might be beneficial to FIND ALTERNATIVES
that taste like meat … There are some companies that have gotten pretty good at making
tofu taste very much like different types of meat (though in the U.S. there is always the
Monsanto problem to deal with when it comes to soybeans). Portabello mushrooms also
taste remarkably like meat when they are grilled correctly …
TIP #02 – Much more importantly, REMEMBER WHY you are doing it: for the animals
& for your children & for the Earth … To help with your motivation, watch
documentaries about meat processing like “The Beautiful Truth,” “Earthlings,” “Food
Matters,” “Food Inc.,” “Forks over Knives,” and “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.”
Remember that there is no such thing as “animal friendly” meat …
… and that there is no such thing as “human friendly” meat either.
TIP #03 – Repeatedly ENGAGE the 3 STEPS to FREEDOM:
Acknowledge your desire to consume the flesh of another sentient being,
Console your ego, first by exuding gratitude for its sincere-yet-misguided efforts
to keep you healthy, and second by reminding it that you are not choosing to be a
vegetarians forever – simply for that one meal, and
Transcend your addiction, first by eating something delicious & plant-based, and
second by going forth to do something Kind for another -- humbly Caring for another by
easing his/her burdens, instead of selfishly caring about yourself by satisfying your own
cravings.
“I, for my part, wonder what sort of
feeling, mind or reason that man was
possessed who was first to pollute his
mouth with gore, and allow his lips to
touch the flesh of a murdered being;
who spread his table with the
mangled form of dead bodies, and
claimed as daily food and dainty
dishes what were beings endowed
with movement, perception and
voice.” ~ Plutarch
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