Go Hunting
By Steve Pavlina
I think the best way for us to make sure our diets are in line with our morals is to stay connected with the end-to-end processes that we support through our food choices.
For example,if you're a meat eater, then I would strongly reconmmend that you go hunting once in a while and eat what you kill.I think it's important to have that experience, so you can fully appreciate your chioces.If you can't personally kill an animal and prepare it for consumption, that would signal a major internal incongruency,so perhaps it would be wise to reevaluate your food choices.
I wouldn't say you need to do this every time you eat meat,but do it at least once a year to stay connected to the process from killing to consuming.For someone who only eats fish,then going fishing would suffice.
I see inner congruency as a matter of degree more than essence.Improving the congruency between our values and our decisions is a lifelong process. It 's not about achieving perfection.As soon as you complete one step,you may think you've achieved some new level of moral godhood for a while, but shortly thereafter the next steps will present themselves.
I think about 9 billion farm animals are slaughtered for food each year in the USA.I wonder how many of these deaths would occur if the end consumers had to do the killing personally.I think we can all agree taht it would be a lot less than 9 billion killings.
If you eat meat but you 've never personally and deliberately killed and eaten an animal,and you resisit even making the attempt,does that make you an chicken ? Yeah,I think it does. After all, if you values support the most basic process that makes it possible be eat meat :to deliberately kill an animal and eat its flesh.
There are lots of ways to extend the ideas in this article of course.Food choices are just one application.The over all point is that if you can't bring yourself to participate in the processes you 're supporting right now through your choices,then do you really respect those processes?
And if you continue to make chioces you don't respect,then do you really respect yourself?
When you take steps to increase the congruency between your values and your choices,your self-respect increases.And with greater self-respect ,you're less likely to allow yourself to be trapped in abusive situations,and you're more likely to maintain high standards for your life,both personally and professionally.
If your values and your choices are out of sync,it means you don't value yourself.
譯文：
? 我認(rèn)為對(duì)于我們來說鲫凶，最好的飲食習(xí)慣要與我們的思想意志相符合，這樣才可以讓我們自己對(duì)自己飲食的選擇有一個(gè)前后一致的連接根盒。
? 例如姨谷，如果你是一個(gè)肉食主義者更耻，那么我強(qiáng)烈建議你偶爾去捕食并且吃掉你殺死的東西。我認(rèn)為有那樣的經(jīng)歷很重要，你會(huì)很感激你的行為選擇序矩。如果你不能獨(dú)自地殺死動(dòng)物并且把它準(zhǔn)備用來消耗掉的話，那就等于標(biāo)志著一個(gè)主要的內(nèi)在矛盾跋破，所以或許對(duì)你的選擇進(jìn)行再評(píng)估是一個(gè)很聰明的選擇簸淀。
? 我并不是說你需要在你每次吃肉的時(shí)候去做這樣的事情，但是每年做一次這樣的保持殺死動(dòng)物和用來吃掉一致就行毒返。對(duì)于某些吃魚并且釣魚的人來說是足夠的租幕。
? 我視內(nèi)在的統(tǒng)一比事物的本質(zhì)更加的重要。提高我們價(jià)值觀和決定的內(nèi)在統(tǒng)一性是我們長及一生去做的過程拧簸。那并不是為了表現(xiàn)完美劲绪。只要你完成了一步，你就會(huì)以為你暫時(shí)實(shí)現(xiàn)了某種水平上的神圣道德的提高盆赤，但是不久后下一步將會(huì)出現(xiàn)贾富。
? 在美國我認(rèn)為每年有九十億的農(nóng)場動(dòng)物會(huì)被殺來作為食物。我想知道有多少人在消耗這些食物的時(shí)候有獨(dú)自自己去殺死的牺六。我想我們都會(huì)認(rèn)為屠殺者遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)小于九十億颤枪。
? 如果你從不獨(dú)自故意殺死動(dòng)物只是去吃掉它，并且你拒絕有殺死動(dòng)物的那種企圖的話兔乞，那樣做會(huì)讓你有雞肉吃嗎汇鞭？是的凉唐，我相信沒有』艚荆總之台囱，如果你支持這個(gè)基礎(chǔ)的過程而去讓吃肉變得可能的話那么：想辦法去殺死一個(gè)你要吃它肉的動(dòng)物。
? 當(dāng)然在這篇文章里有很多的方式去延伸這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)读整。食物選擇只是一個(gè)應(yīng)用而已簿训。貫穿所有的是如果你自己都不用行動(dòng)去支撐你自己的想法和你的選擇，那么你真的尊重你所做這件事情（吃肉或者其他）嗎米间？
? 并且如果你繼續(xù)去做你并不尊重的選擇强品，那么你真的尊重你自己嗎？
? 當(dāng)你采取措施去讓你的價(jià)值觀和你的選擇相統(tǒng)一的話屈糊，你的自重程度就增加了的榛。并且伴隨著更好的自重（也就是對(duì)自己真誠），你更少可能陷入一個(gè)行動(dòng)泛濫逻锐，行動(dòng)不受支配的情況夫晌，并且你更有可能在個(gè)人方面和專業(yè)方面對(duì)你的生活保持高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
? 如果你的價(jià)值觀和你的選擇不一致的話昧诱，那就意味著你并不尊重你自己晓淀。
