Fazil Shah
I’m a B777 captain and I found out about the source and the process of the aircraft food preparation. Meat, for instance, comes from a dead animal, days old. It’s stored or frozen with preservatives, loaded on the aircraft hours later, and cooked once again when airborne. It might taste good because of our “conditioned upbringingâ€Â and the “camouflage of spices.†But it has hardly any nutritional value.
Within months of changing my food consumption to vegetarianism, my thought processes changed, my sleep patterns got better and deeper, I served society and helped people, managed my human emotions with a smile and fell sick less often. It’s been eight years now, and combined with some yoga, prayers, and good food (fruits and veggies) I’ve not fallen ill or taken any antibiotics.
The power of discrimination as humans, coexisting with nature, god, universal consciousness — whatever we consider a higher purpose — is there within all of us. A spark of inquiry is needed, and if we deepen our roots, broaden our vision, we will guarantee a better world. A pollution-free, stress-free and violence-free society. A future better for our species and an inter-dependent existence as an earthling.