
What are your feelings about eating meat?
For decades, eating meat was simply normal. Like many people, I grew up with familiar, comforting meat dishes as an unquestioned part of my daily routine. The flavors were deeply ingrained, and I never spent a second wondering about my dietary choices. But last year, without any external pressure, nudge, or influence, something profound shifted within me, and I quietly decided to stop eating both meat and fish. I simply felt it was time for a change, for my own body and mind.
The transformation since then has been far more significant than just new recipes. Physically, I feel a lightness I didn’t know I was missing—my digestion seems cleaner, less labored. But the more startling change has been mental. The low-grade restlessness and the sporadic flashes of inexplicable anger that used to surface have largely disappeared. It’s as if removing meat from my diet lifted a pervasive layer of psychological heaviness I hadn’t realized I was carrying.
This feeling of internal clearing was given beautiful context when I recently encountered the idea that the intense fear, stress, and suffering experienced by animals can fundamentally alter the energy of their cells. The theory suggests that by consuming them, we may inadvertently internalize some of that tension and stress. Whether you approach this concept through the lens of science, deep intuition, or spirituality, it resonated with me deeply. Suddenly, the profound calmness I’ve been experiencing wasn’t just a happy accident—it made perfect sense. I realized I wasn’t just avoiding meat; I was actively choosing peace, both physically and emotionally.
Today, I look back on that spontaneous decision with sincere gratitude. Letting go of meat has transcended being a mere dietary choice; it has become a fundamental shift in how I choose to interact with the world and my own body. My physical health is better, my mind is sharper and clearer, and I feel deeply aligned with a path that seems kinder and more conscious. It is a decision that continues to shape me in surprising and wonderfully positive ways.