Is Eating Meat Good Feng Shui?

I recently was asked the question, “ Is Eating Meat Good Feng Shui?”

There are many schools of feng shui and there are many ways to interpret feng shui just like yoga. Dating back 2000 years yoga drew on a range of traditions like Hinduism and Buddhism but it wasn’t until medieval times that physical postures were introduced.

Modern-day yoga still has echoes of these religious beliefs like the dance pose for example is a representation of the Hindu God Shiva. Today in the West we put goats on our backs and do yoga and we call it exercise, so we truly have westernized this ancient practice.

Same thing with Feng Shui. It has roots in early Taoism and stems from the Taoist belief in chi or the life force that inhabits everything. When feng shui spread to China and Buddhists began to adopt this practice then they added that a feng shui principle was not to consume meat based on their principle– do no harm. This was grounded on the five Buddhist commitments, which are: abstaining from killing live beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication. Within Buddhist doctrine, they are meant to develop mind and character to make progress on the path to enlightenment.

That was around the barn and through the fence – as we say in Texas – to say that it depends on what feng shui you practice. When feng shui was introduced in the west it was altered eliminating any religious connotation. For example, my sister is a vegan but she is not a Buddhist, she is a Christian but she can’t fathom doing harm to any animals. My friend Alex who films my videos is a vegan and he has brought his awareness into my life, and he practices feng shui. I am not a vegan but if I wear python boots I don’t eat snakes – and I used to and they are delicious. If I wear leather, which I do, I do not eat red meat. So there is a tradeoff that makes me feel like I am balancing my chi.

My grandmother used to bless the energy of the animal she was about to consume and thank it for its life. She did this not only to honor the life of the animal but also to defuse the energy of fear the animal must have felt before he was killed. She used to say you ingest the fear if you don’t bless the spirit. So to answer your question, it just depends.

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