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Veganism, non-violent attitude, eating satisfaction, ‘being
vegan’, these are all beneficial to body and soul, that is if we don’t get too
cocky with it. “I’m vegan, you know”.
By ‘going’ vegan, I experienced a
new sense of energy that I’d never experienced before. It comes with the food I
suppose, and it occurs to me that if it’s so easy to tap into, why wouldn’t
you? Perhaps vegans need a particular energy for personal growth, spiritually
but they need it in bucket loads for ‘advocacy’; regularly having to face
omnivores and facing the huge odds against us.
I think a powerful source of
energy comes from living according to vegan principles. Energy is the one big
reward for giving things up, namely by avoiding toxic animal food. Plants
aren’t toxic in the same way meat and dairy is. By being a herbivore we
optimise the fuel we use; the energy, strongly associated with nutrition values
is probably better for it being ‘clean’.
Via plant-based food, in one important way, we
draw the best energy from the best source; when we’re feeding three times a day
we can’t help ingesting optimum amounts of high octane fuel for making lots of
energy. What plant-based-food-energy does for us on a physical level it does
for the mind too. I believe plant food makes us clearer thinkers – and
hopefully braver thinkers too. I like to think that a vegan is a free-ranging,
freedom-loving and conscience-clearing individual, who look at all the broader
issues and causes and isn’t too partisan in favour of one great cause. All the
big issues of the day have common roots.
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