Photo by Kit Suman on Unsplash - City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain Since the July 18th Sophianic Reading Club meeting itself was not recorded due to "operator error," this is a recorded recap featuring a single voice but including points aired during the meeting by both participants — and a few additional and/or variant points, as well. Regarding dismissive comments concerning veganism and plant-based diet toward the end of the monologue, it's worth recognizing that many who have taken an interest in human diet in recent decades, including many promoters of plant-based diet, have been sincere and well-meaning. Also, certain healing regimens featuring consumption of large amounts of plant juices (as an example) have been quite successful, giving many people the impression that limiting oneself to consumption of plants over a lifetime might be a good idea. However, the speaker, after having adhered to a vegan lifestyle (even a mostly-raw vegan diet for a period of time) in the past, has concluded that the weight of evidence supports the conclusion that the best-fitting description of healthy humans is that as a species we are naturally extreme carnivores; and that an animal-based or purely carnivorous diet is a superior option, and even arguably necessary, for long-term optimization of health. Reference the work of MDs Shawn Baker and Paul Saladino, as well as others. As in other areas of life, one does very well indeed to exercise extreme care that one's beliefs and practices are not fundamentally based on politico-religious indoctrination, designed (possibly in deviant form and as a result of cooptation) to victimize, although cleverly contrived to appear beneficial and claimed to be based in science and extensive human experience, etc.; to consider evidence for both sides (and coming from both or all camps) on controversial subjects and to make a thoughtful decision based on objective assessment of the best and most complete picture of the evidence that one is able to assemble from available information. At the end of a given day, one who does that may still be wrong ("to err is human") but he has fulfilled his responsibility. WAIT! That isn't the end of the story, because it is part of one's duty to oneself and humankind to periodically reassess and reevaluate, given that new evidence may come to light at any time. The quality of this recording degrades slightly in the second segment, after 29:00, due to the fact that the speaker has not yet fully mastered the use of his new "higher-tech" podcasting mic; of course, the objective in purchasing it was to significantly improve podcast quality, and we're confident that that objective ultimately will be realized. You the listener/reader are invited to visit Sophianic Animism USA on the Web at http://sa-usa.org, where you will find additional resources.

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(Description mirrored from the John Lamb Lash YouTube channel with minimal editing that respects the meaning and carefully avoids changing it.) Image: Thumbnail: https://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/The%20Guru_180469 Caption: Guru says "Always take the bull by the tail and look him firmly in the eye." Student responds, "Like, awesome." The Seeker's Handbook - The Complete Guide to Spiritual Pathfinding by John Lash (Crown/Harmony, 1991), now out of print Explore the Modern Mystery School: https://nemeta.org/ Orientation talk for visitors – The Seven Groves of Nemeta: https://nemeta.org/course/visitors/ Order Not in His Image from publisher: https://www.chelseagreen.com/writer/john-lamb-lash/ A few copies of the first edition are available. They will be collector’s items once the 2021 edition comes out. A good investment even if you don’t read it. However, most fans of the book recommend reading NIHI more than once, so having both editions would be optimal. Rare JLL video interview “The Terton on Video – Gnosis and Shamanism” https://nemeta.org/course/16-planetary-tantra/ To access this talk, register as a guest and go to Planetary Tantra via this link and scroll down to the title in the curriculum panel. Discover the Home Story: https://www.sophianicmyth.org Bitchute, Maitreya channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/fZB9dY8y6d5c/ WTVideos, SophianicMyth channel: https://worldtruthvideos.org/@SophianicMyth

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