Vegetarianism: a spiritual option

Spiritual? But wasn't I sceptic? Well, things have changed. Sim, desde que comecei a refletir mais sobre as sensações que vinham da interioridade, os impulsos de negação ao simplório ceticismo, que aponta para um nada sem lugar na natureza, comecei a emergir da ignorância. There's no such thing as "nothing" in reality. All we can see, all that is there, outside, shows us that life is a space for changes, not for disappearance. There's no such thing in life that just disappears. We change to something else. 

I am not condemning carnivores, I am just saying that there's another way of life that is more interesting to me, right now, than the old one, when I was eating meat indiscriminately. É apenas uma opção. Uma chance que quero dar ao meu corpo de experimentar um longo período sem esse tipo de experiência, pra que ele fique mais leve, pra que ele se nutra de alimentos mais energéticos. I believe that vegetables, having more energy and being of an easier digestion, are the best thing we can have as nutrition. Meat can be tasty, yes, but it's not necessary, not anymore, and not everything tasty is something good for your body to live long and healthy. Of course, if it's not your plan to live long and healthy, go on. Isso é só pra quem não se sente satisfeito e, muita vez, precisa de um empurrão pra começar.

people should do what they want: and that's what I want

Vegetarianism means that you have the total control of your appetite, which means a lot of power, because food is one of the biggest temptations in life. The flavors. But they exist out of meat, in plants, barks, flowers, fruits, roots. No one likes meat without flavor. You can eat raw meat, but you can't eat raw meat without any add of flavor. Eu comia "carne de onça", por exemplo, raw meat, but seasoned with salt, pepper and together with bread and some sauce, could be ranch or something spicy. O próprio peixe, most of people put something on it. Though it's a kind of meat that you could eat withou any seasoning, não dá prazer, não é uma atividade que se repetiria compulsivamente por ser uma delícia. No, food is good because mankind learned how to temper things, using plants and vegetables to create complex flavours.

I am not trying to convince anyone to stop eating meat. It's personal and it has to mean something. It means to me. Por isso, vou tentar me esquivar das tentações e atender ao pedido mais profundo que existe em mim, no momento: "stop eating meat".