Beyond the Pacifier​​

 

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Imagine yourself or your loved ones still clinging to a pacifier; how would you feel? What if I told you, from the Creator's perspective, we're still clinging to a pacifier?

After the fall of Adam and Chava, because their strength gave them life, the Creator planned to rebuild humanity's strength by allowing Noah to consume meat as a pacifier, a temporary concession, knowing He would take it away from his offspring, the Israelites, to make man strong.

While the Creator recognized that allowing humans to kill and eat animals was inherently immoral and destructive to nature, the Creator intended to sustain human life, not to authorize a perpetual practice that would inevitably harm nature. Ultimately, since allowing Noah to eat meat was a concession rather than a commandment, Noah had the choice; his decision to consume meat was a result of his own weakness, not a commandment, as it would be immoral to view killing as a divine mandate. In other words, Noah had the right to refuse to kill and eat animals, but his weakness forced him to cling to the meat.

Although the Creator's focus was on 'strength, and for forty years He put effort into training them, the Israelites' focus was to cling to the meat, and they have been successful using all kinds of excuses or noises to distract them from focusing on their "strength."

Killing and eating animals with the justification of 'elevating' them is a pretense and noise for indulging in meat and is used to ease moral discomfort; the Creator never ordained such acts. In fact, unless they are offerings, consuming animals degrades us, as we are what we eat; because animals are of a lower nature and may carry the sins of others via the law of 'Cause & Effect,' eating them pulls us down.

If "elevating" animals through consumption were truly constructive, the Creator would have encouraged, rather than restricted, meat consumption following the Exodus. To claim that we know a "better" way to handle animal life than the Creator is an insult to Divine wisdom. We must remember the "Graves of Cravings," where thousands perished due to their inability to control their appetite for flesh. As I explained in the law of 'Cause & Effect,' Mother Nature and the animal kingdom represent the feminine aspect of creation and follow human behavior. Therefore, true elevation occurs when we improve our own behavior; as the law dictates, the animals follow suit. Killing and eating animals under the pretense of 'nutritional diet' is another justification and noise to indulge in meat-eating and ease moral discomfort as well; Again, the Creator never ordained such acts. We can find the same or better nutritional diet in vegetables, legumes, beans, nuts, etc... In fact, with the advanced technology nowadays it is convenient to find the right diet that gives us most nutrients. The Creator made the world by considering mutual benefit. unless they are offerings, there is no mutual interest in killing and eating animals.

The Creator knows the true value of life. The provision of a list of kosher animals was never an endorsement of meat as a regular food source; rather, it was a guideline for those too weak to master their cravings. Animals' role as potential sacrifices for our sins indicates they are valuable substitutes for human life, not mere sustenance.

Let's be honest with ourselves, the Creator did not spend forty years training the Israelites to refrain from meat as a dietary staple only for those efforts to be dismissed as meaningless.

Focus to Win. Satan does not want you to focus on your strength simply because it gives your life. All these excuses to indulge in meat are the "noises" to distract you from focusing on your strength.

I cannot say it enough: Your strength is your latter that supports your relationship between the physicality and spirituality. Now, we understand what the latter meant in Jacob's dream. The Creator told Jacob his children will reach the level of angels because angels use their strength to travel between the upper and lower worlds. Without that latter or strength, we are not going anywhere no matter how many times we pray.

The Creator does not want a "weak" nation addicted to meat. We must remember that making all these excuses to indulge in meat did not stop the Creator to punish the Jews. During World War II, the Nazis treated the Jews with industrial brutality, using cages, ovens, and medical experimentation. Yet we have failed to learn the karmic lesson because we cannot imagine life without meat. Saying "Never Again" should signify a change in the way we treat animals, rather than an arrogant attempt to stop karma.
 

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​​​​Bahram Cohanfard

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