sometimes our spirit gets clouded, our energies polluted, our touch with nature weak...i am curious what various rituals, rites, or practices you engage in when your spirit needs a pick me up?

I eat a dead bird.

I don't eat dead birds... or any part of the animal kingdom in and a part of nature.

I get drunk and then sleep it off.

I look at the dancing Dhalsim on DF version 1

And I bet you he's listening to White Zombie!

still stuck on the vegetarianism debate? I've still not been presented with feasable proof it's possible on a world wide scale; financially, equally beneficial to all involved or see how it's fair for one person to decide that everyone should live in a particular way...that's typical of tyrants and dictators. All i've seen are facts and figures about why it's a good lifestyle and I will agree that it is perfect for some people, and it is a healthy lifestyle(definitly covers all but a few of the food groups) when approached in a sensible and reasonable manner. So let's be kind, move on and keep it on topic please?

personally i spend some time in nature, take a candlelit bath with scented water and focus on releasing all that's dragging me down. I wear various crystals and stones to help enforce the energies i'm trying to draw to me, and try to keep a positive outlook on life. I've meditated before, but have never been smudged...once a month do a house cleansing with sea salt, alchol and flame...However there are times i find going out with a group of wild friends, getting drunk and then being able to sleep it off helps out.

wow.. still no proof?

its very on topic.. when you kill a beautiful living creature.. cut its head off.. make it suffer.. bite into its flesh.. boil away its blood.. and then chew bits off it off.. one by one till its gone..

how spiritually fresh do you feel?

I'm not "stuck" on the vegetarian debate, I simply am one, hence what I share in one place carries through no matter where it is. Now let me just add that it was done in jest as much as it was done in truth, yet you don't post to Garg about his post. Odd.
Anyway, as this is not "that" thread I won't go into detail about that which I still wish to share. I will post on "that" thread soon though, and you can choose to read it or choose to ignore it.

And it was on topic, though not elaborate, I simply stated that my idea of connecting to nature meant not killing and eating it.

Shmeh, I can understand vegetarianism for health reasons, but we're humans, the ultimate species! It's our right, no, our duty to do with other species as we please! *brings up shield and prepares for fiery flamey flames of death*

There already exists a whole thread about "Vegetarianism" go there-----> Split from "One wish"- Vegetarianism, Spirituality & Morality if you wish to share your views.

I have wild uninhabited sex until I am sore.... ahhhhh... refreshing.... than I eat a carrot and do a bugs impression... it soothes my soul

I drink a bottle of Listerene.

Uhhh... we have these crazy Indians at my store who are always trying to steal that shit/// lol....

ah.. haha.. do they use it for spiritual freshening or to get drunk?

i imagine we could ask any hunter rather than a sportsman...it's just an animal. Pre modern cultures killed often, and their spiritualism was greater than i believe ours ever will be...it's the reason for the killing, not the killing itself...how many bugs have you killed?

can't argue with that, but it is a bit on the extreme aspect...

What do you mean by that?

Are you saying that its okay to kill the living being because its just an animal? or am I misunderstanding you?

well i can think of a lot of living beigns i'd have killed if i would not be thrown in jail, I don't believe justified killing or killing for survival is wrong. i'm pro hunter, pro death sentence, pro euthanasia, and even pro suicide...if a person wants to put themselves out of misery, than it's their right...are animals wrong when they kill us? Yes up here in the mountains we do have animals that would enjoy killing a human...it's nature...predators kill, and consume what they kill..it's a fact of life.

i find nothing wrong with my spiritualism, i'm happy and have a good life...i eat meat, egage in a wide variety of activities that people say "are wrong" but it's not senselessly or selfishly harming anything, and if it was so wrong...there'd be some karmic retribution...i love my life...how many people can say that?

personally all my spiritual clouding comes from people and society, chaotic energies abound in this world...stress, hate, the rat race, and an amazing amount of emotional and spiritual drain is going to dwelling on the world situation and helping people who are not as fortunate as i am...not killing animals does not make a better person, letting them decide for themselves is a better endeavor...

I sometimes do your wild night out Dynny

Other times I go for a nice long walk outside, fresh air, nature, flowing water- all good for cleansing the soul.