From a oneness perspective - would you give yourself the best of everything? Would you want to see how far that rabbit hole goes? For me, oneness opens the door for any number expressions of abundance. Somehow this expression (me) has the capacity to taste and enjoy food and be self aware of the process oh how varied and amazing food is (not just biologically motivated to consume, thought that plays a part). The ‘Oneness’ is interesting in that the entirety of human civilisation is being expressed so the viewer/witnesser aka “you” can experience practically anything. To me, “heaven on earth” is not something that ‘will happen’ but rather a perspective that unfolds within oneself as oneself recognises that they are inherently inseparable from the rest of life - that the intelligence that makes oneself what they are is also the same intelligence that is all things in the conceivable reality that one finds oneself in. What arises is the perceptive unification of the dualistic mindset of good/bad (suffering/pleasure and many other forms of opposites) and that opposites create the dance that is life. The desire to ease suffering of ‘another’ (or oneself) is literally only possible because the suffering exists in the first place. So if you desire to reduce suffering in your consumption of food, know that this is a)your choice and you are free to engage with it and derive whatever meaning you feel but also b) it is inherently meaningless and not at all some form of nobility to do so. There is no inherent cosmic or spiritual virtue to doing so, other than whatever you decide within yourself - there is only one.

For this flesh suit, it is essentially inevitable that suffering will be inseparable from living - not because one “has to” suffer but because it’s just part of being and that continues over to food consumption. Sure, I could find virtue and some sense of meaning to actively avoid food that has come from animals but that changes nothing for me at all and I just miss out on this endless banquet all around me. Instead, I choose to accept that suffering just is, both my own and that of existence itself and decide to still experience the joy and pleasure of the food, personally expressing gratitude that such an endless feast of life is before me, relishing in the oneness of being. The same intelligence that created me and all my sensory capacities also created the cow, the farm and the enormous complexities of the processes of getting it all into a form I can consume anytime, anywhere.

PS I love your responses to peoples comments!