Be a free vegetarian

Last weekend, I participated in the end-of-semester dinner party of the Guoguo Waldorf full-day class. The principal asked each family to bring two dishes (vegetarian required) for everyone to share.

I like this kind of dinner party very much. There are delicious food, sharing, and topics. It is lively, leisurely, and a rare relaxation.

I prepared a taro, glutinous rice and sesame pancake, a broccoli, carrot and fried mushrooms.

It feels very nice to put all the dishes together. It's colorful, makes you want to eat, and makes your mood brighter. Because it is completely vegetarian, you can eat it without any burden, and you don’t have to worry about gaining weight or indigestion if you eat too much.

After the meal, several of us mothers and teachers talked about the topic of vegetarians.

The principal said that she has been a vegetarian for two years. Being vegetarian has made her body lighter and healthier, and her mind purer and more peaceful. She enjoys the original, natural taste of food and is not interested in complex and processed food. (Such as snacks with a lot of additives, etc.) Already immune.

This dinner made me think about the meaning of vegetarianism again.

I first became interested in vegetarianism after reading "A Brief History of Mankind" by Yuval Harari.

First of all, the author Yuval Harari is a strict vegetarian who does not eat meat, eggs, and milk. Moreover, his life is more traditional, and he meditates for two hours a day without using a smartphone.

Secondly, he vividly describes in the book how the development of science and technology has made the living conditions (happiness index) of human and animal individuals worse than ever, and how the animals raised in captivity have suffered. torture. It caused quite a shock in my soul.

However, decades of habits are difficult to change all at once.

Since I started eating buffets in the cafeteria, almost every meal has big fish and meat. After eating for a while, my body began to be unable to bear it, and I often got angry. Now I am really tired of eating, and I began to miss the simple meals of the past, and began to realize that it is time to reduce my diet.

I remember when I was eating diet meals, although there was no big fish or meat, the diet was simple and light, with less salt and less oil, my stomach felt very comfortable after eating it, and my body felt good.

I am reminded of a saying my mother often said: "A full belly and hungry eyes." Many of the things you want to eat may not be needed by your body, and may even become a burden on your body.

The older you get, the more you understand. It is a lifelong task for a person to learn to identify and perceive the true needs of his body and mind, and not to be confused by external voices or enslaved by his own desires.

A vegetarian diet has many benefits. A vegetarian diet can make one’s mind pure, overcome desires, prolong life, reduce the accumulation of toxins in the body and reduce chronic diseases, prevent cancer, lose weight, reduce carbon emissions and help improve the environment. ………

Take your time and start by eating more vegetarian food and less meat.

Be a free vegetarian. Start by eating in the canteen every day. Try to choose vegetarian dishes. You can eat one or two meat dishes every week. When cooking on weekends, you should mainly focus on vegetarian food. Some food types allow your children and yourself to eat healthily and nutritiously.

Finally, quote some famous vegetarian quotes from famous vegetarians to encourage yourself!

Confucius: Eat a vegetarian diet and abstain from killing animals.

Einstein: There is no way more conducive to our health and the long-term survival of mankind on earth than a vegetarian diet.

Gandhi: I feel that when the mind reaches a certain stage of development, we will no longer kill animals for food and drink.

Sun Yat-sen: Common people in China drink clear tea and eat light rice with vegetables and tofu. These foods are considered by today’s health experts to be the most beneficial to health. Therefore, people in remote areas of China who eat less than meat and wine often live longer.

Master Hsing Yun: The most important thing about a vegetarian diet is to cultivate compassion, reduce anger through purification of the soul, and achieve inner peace and tranquility.

Brudak (Greek philosopher): Human beings already have inexhaustible varieties of fruits and vegetables. The reason why they eat meat is not because of the need, but because of vanity. Because of this, and because he was tired of eating these fruits and vegetables, he began to eat some impure and inconvenient food, and bought some animals that were slaughtered alive to prove that he was more cruel than those wild beasts.

Seneca (famous writer): I decided to stop eating meat. After a year, not only could I control my diet easily, but I also felt very comfortable.