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Question: Hello doc,
Wanted to ask you very simple questions. So lets begin!!
1. As I am a spiritual person who practices deep meditations since last ten years, its very important that for a truly deep practice i do not take non vegetarian foods as it just makes meditations tougher. Recenltly on doing reseacrh on eggs, I read a article by Osho, the spiritual XXXXXXX that its a misconception that eggs are non vegetarian foods. The eggs which are not fertilised are puely vegetarian foods as they do not contain any life in it. I tried to do more reseacrh on this, but cant find any solid answers on google. So thought to consult a doctor because i thought no one can answer better than a doctor. So i want to know………….
ARE THE EGGS SOLD IN THE MARKETS FERTILISED OR UNFERTILISED.
AND IF THEY ARE UNFERTILISED……………….IS IT TRUE THAT THEY ARE THEN “PURELY VEGETARIAN FOODS”??
2. And when doing more reseacrh on deep meditations. In 90% of the artcles i read that eating non vegetarin foods will not deepen the meditations like purely vegetarian foods will. Eating SATTVIC food is best for meditations. But in eevrywhere in google its also mentioned that Eggs, Fish and Chicken is fantastic for great concentration and focus. Ok before you got confused…………in other words, everywhere in google its mentioned that non vegetarian food is great for focus while its really bad for meditation. Now concentration and meditation…………….they must be more or less the same thing. So how can one class of food be bad for one thing while good for other.
So whats your say on this?? Non vegetarian food is good or bad for meditation??
Waiting very anxiously for your answers.
Please answer a little in detail, around 4-5 lines, so that i can understand properly......................as my entire future meditation practice and concentration skills depends on your answers.
Regards,
Amit XXXXXXX
Wanted to ask you very simple questions. So lets begin!!
1. As I am a spiritual person who practices deep meditations since last ten years, its very important that for a truly deep practice i do not take non vegetarian foods as it just makes meditations tougher. Recenltly on doing reseacrh on eggs, I read a article by Osho, the spiritual XXXXXXX that its a misconception that eggs are non vegetarian foods. The eggs which are not fertilised are puely vegetarian foods as they do not contain any life in it. I tried to do more reseacrh on this, but cant find any solid answers on google. So thought to consult a doctor because i thought no one can answer better than a doctor. So i want to know………….
ARE THE EGGS SOLD IN THE MARKETS FERTILISED OR UNFERTILISED.
AND IF THEY ARE UNFERTILISED……………….IS IT TRUE THAT THEY ARE THEN “PURELY VEGETARIAN FOODS”??
2. And when doing more reseacrh on deep meditations. In 90% of the artcles i read that eating non vegetarin foods will not deepen the meditations like purely vegetarian foods will. Eating SATTVIC food is best for meditations. But in eevrywhere in google its also mentioned that Eggs, Fish and Chicken is fantastic for great concentration and focus. Ok before you got confused…………in other words, everywhere in google its mentioned that non vegetarian food is great for focus while its really bad for meditation. Now concentration and meditation…………….they must be more or less the same thing. So how can one class of food be bad for one thing while good for other.
So whats your say on this?? Non vegetarian food is good or bad for meditation??
Waiting very anxiously for your answers.
Please answer a little in detail, around 4-5 lines, so that i can understand properly......................as my entire future meditation practice and concentration skills depends on your answers.
Regards,
Amit XXXXXXX
Brief Answer:
please see the detailed answer below...
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr. XXXXXXX
Welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I've gone through your query in details...Let's come to the answers:
1. Market eggs in big factories and supermarkets (chicken eggs specifically), largely speaking are unfertilized. Simply because the hens don't actually require the rooster to produce eggs. They're hatched daily as per their life cycles. So, bulk produced eggs are mostly unfertilized only. In fact, the fertilized eggs in big supermarkets come in separate labelled packages.
However, the eggs in the smaller farms can be fertilized, as they tend to have small production units and moreover there may be a presence of the roosters also.
It's actually neither vegetarian nor non-vegetarian. That's why in recent times there's a separate entity termed as Eggetarian (vegetarian consuming egg and egg products). In fact, even if we go by definitions, eating flesh is considered non-vegetarian, then eggs don't contain any flesh. Moreover, nonfertilized eggs don't contain any life either, so it simply can't be termed as non-vegetarian food.
Now coming to the second part of your query,
2. It's entirely dependant upon the mind of the person and how s/he's handling it. Say e.g. If you're having no issues in concentrating/meditating despite consuming egg, fish or chicken, it's fine.
However, there is always an aesthetic sense developed inside pure vegetarianism as to attaining the heights and levels of meditation (which is purely a state of mind, to be frank). Foods like meat products are considered 'Tamasic' simply because they tend to excite the other senses which in turn can prevent attaining those levels compared to vegetarian foods.
Once again, it's a highly debatable issue which way to adopt strictly, but in my opinion, it should be entirely an individual choice rather than some fixed ideas. Mind and body are interrelated after all.
Let me know I can assist you further...
Take Care
Kind Regards
please see the detailed answer below...
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr. XXXXXXX
Welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I've gone through your query in details...Let's come to the answers:
1. Market eggs in big factories and supermarkets (chicken eggs specifically), largely speaking are unfertilized. Simply because the hens don't actually require the rooster to produce eggs. They're hatched daily as per their life cycles. So, bulk produced eggs are mostly unfertilized only. In fact, the fertilized eggs in big supermarkets come in separate labelled packages.
However, the eggs in the smaller farms can be fertilized, as they tend to have small production units and moreover there may be a presence of the roosters also.
It's actually neither vegetarian nor non-vegetarian. That's why in recent times there's a separate entity termed as Eggetarian (vegetarian consuming egg and egg products). In fact, even if we go by definitions, eating flesh is considered non-vegetarian, then eggs don't contain any flesh. Moreover, nonfertilized eggs don't contain any life either, so it simply can't be termed as non-vegetarian food.
Now coming to the second part of your query,
2. It's entirely dependant upon the mind of the person and how s/he's handling it. Say e.g. If you're having no issues in concentrating/meditating despite consuming egg, fish or chicken, it's fine.
However, there is always an aesthetic sense developed inside pure vegetarianism as to attaining the heights and levels of meditation (which is purely a state of mind, to be frank). Foods like meat products are considered 'Tamasic' simply because they tend to excite the other senses which in turn can prevent attaining those levels compared to vegetarian foods.
Once again, it's a highly debatable issue which way to adopt strictly, but in my opinion, it should be entirely an individual choice rather than some fixed ideas. Mind and body are interrelated after all.
Let me know I can assist you further...
Take Care
Kind Regards
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