VEGETARIANS
including Morning Star Super Vegetarians
Many people have chosen vegetarianism for health reasons. The number of such health-oriented people seems to be increasing by the day.
It is also well known that several religions observe dietary laws, which sometimes include vegetarianism.
Significantly, some health and/or religious rules allow certain foods that others forbid. It is therefore helpful to know that every food approved by WeMSA for the Morning Star Super Vegetarian meets the strictest health and/or religious requirements.
MORNING STAR VEGETARIANISM
The Teachings of the Guide known as the Morning Star have revealed that humankind must respect all life, including the life of plants and animals. This means that humans must not recklessly destroy plant life or intentionally kill animals, including fishes and poultry. It is a grievous evil deed to do so; the punishment for such evil deeds can be quite heavy. The specific Teaching is known as Respect For Life.
The Teachings of the Guide have also revealed that it is a serious evil deed to be cruel to plants and animals. The Teachings further reveal that plants love to supply nourishment to the other inhabitants of Planet Earth, and that plants feel successful and fulfilled when they provide such sustenance. With this remarkable generosity in mind, the Teachings instruct that humans who raise and harvest plants and animals or plant and animal products must always be thoughtful and kind. Therefore humans must, at all times, avoid cruelty to the plants and animals over which they have authority. This specific Teaching is known as No Cruelty.
TWO LEVELS OF MORNING STAR VEGETARIANISM
In order to comply with the two important Teachings of (1) Respect For Life and (2) No Cruelty, two levels of Morning Star Vegetarians are alive at this time.
(1) If you comply with the Respect For Life Teaching, you are a Morning Star Vegetarian, and
(2) If you comply with the Respect For Life Teaching as well as the No-cruelty Teaching, you are a Morning Star Super Vegetarian.
The Morning
Star
Vegetarian (MS Veg) is therefore a person
who
eats only those
food
items
allowed
by
the Respect
For
Life Teaching. Consequently an MS Veg avoids:
1 |
All flesh from all intentionally killed animals, such as four-legged animals, fowls, fish, snakes, lizards, bats, snails, or insects. |
2 |
All plant products from immature plants or trees. (A mature plant or tree is one, which has borne ripe fruit; or a root plant whose above ground parts have matured and withered.) |
3 |
All plant products from mature plants or trees, if the harvesting of such product or products would threaten the health of the plant or tree. |
A
Morning
Star
Vegetarian
would
therefore
eat:
1 |
Mature
Seeds |
4 |
Mature Roots |
7 |
Yeast |
10 |
Dairy, |
12 |
Honey |
2 |
Mature
Nuts |
5 |
Mature
leaves |
8 |
Sugar** |
11 |
Flesh
from
animals
that
died
in
an
accident
or
of
natural
causes. |
3 |
Mature
Fruit |
6 |
Mushrooms** |
9 |
Eggs |
Every
meal
or
snack
eaten
by
a
Morning
Star
Vegetarian
is
a Good
Deed, but it earns fewer Reward Points than a meal or snack eaten by a Morning Star Super Vegetarian.
The Morning
Star
Super
Vegetarian (MS2 Veg), also known as the Super Vegetarian or the Pure Vegetarian, goes farther than the Morning Star Vegetarian. An MS2 Veg avoids foods that involve human cruelty to animals. Therefore in addition to avoiding all flesh, an MS2 Veg also avoids eggs, dairy, and honey, because humans are routinely cruel to the animals that produce those foods.
A
Morning
Star
Super
Vegetarian
would
therefore
eat only:
1 |
Mature
Seeds |
3 |
Mature
Fruit |
5 |
Mature
leaves |
7 |
Mature
Roots |
2 |
Mature
Nuts |
4 |
Yeast |
|
Mushrooms** |
8 |
Sugar** |
Every
meal
or
snack
eaten
by
a
Morning
Star
Super
Vegetarian
is
a
Good
Deed. It earns more Reward Points than a meal or snack eaten by a Morning Star Vegetarian, because it is more difficult to be an MS2 Veg.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on Morning Star Vegetarianism, please see the extraordinary book titled THE GUIDE: Humankind’s Guide To Peace And Prosperity.
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