Animal Flesh is not a Natural Diet of Humanity

The whole creation of the world consisting of 84 million different species, which includes inert matter, plant Kingdom and animal Kingdom that render the service to the mankind, which has got divine wisdom to realize the Supreme being within. In fact, the human being is an incarnation of the Divine, if he follows the holy instruction of the same. A man is born to realize the Divine within, by meditating on His Divine Name and virtues. Due to his divine wisdom, man is considered to be the superior most, among all the species of this Universe. All the species of the Universe, including inert matter are ordained to serve the human being according to the Divine Law, so that they can also improve their fate for achieving the ultimate divine goal through evolution. As such, according to the divine law, it is the destined duty of human being to render service and utilize the natural resources according to the will of Divine Lord so that natural ecological balance is maintained according to the natural rules and regulation designed by the Supreme Being.

According to the Divine Law, inert matter of the Universe is destined to serve and support its superior class i.e. plant Kingdom, which in turn is destined to serve and support the animal Kingdom, including human beings according to the Divine law. In other words, inert matter renders food to plant Kingdom, which in turn provides the food to the animal Kingdom including human beings. The food of the whole of animal Kingdom including human being is vegetarian, which is derived from plant Kingdom. But there are exceptions in the animal Kingdom like cat and lizard families, which sustain on eating flesh food of other animal species. According to this divine principle, God has created the physical frame of all these species accordingly.

1. The skeletal frame of the carnivores is different from the herbivores. Carnivores are provided with sharp claws, whereas the herbivores have no such provision.
2. Vegetarian animals including man have been provided with plenty of pores in their skin for sweating, which keeps the body cool, whereas the carnivores do not have pores. In their case, cooling of the body is only achieved by taking quick breaths through the tongue.
3. Carnivores have sharp teeth to tear the flesh, whereas herbivores do not have such type of sharp teeth, but normal ones through which they can easily chew vegetation.
4. Intestines of carnivores are only three times of their body-length, so that after digesting meat, they excrete the refuse quickly before it turns into poison. Whereas, in herbivores, their intestines are up to twelve times their body length, to completely digest thevegetarian food, discard its remnants through various modes, so that the nutrients of their food are completely absorbed. It is thus amply clear that their bodies are unfit for flesh eating.
5. The saliva producing organs of vegetarians are fully developed, whereas in the carnivores they only have the small organs.
6. The saliva of herbivores is alkaline while in case of carnivores it is acidic. Thus, meat eating by man is clearly violation of the Divine Order, which inflicts diseases.
7. Carnivores have a very strong acidic stomach for complete digestion of flesh and bones, whereas vegetarians are provided with twenty times less dilution of acid for digestion of vegetarian food.
8. If a particular class of living being defies the natural law of food assignment and loots the food assigned for another classification, then this ‘interference’ upsets natural balance with horrible results. For example, the carnivorous wild animals after leaving their normal habitat of the forest start attacking populated towns and cities in search of food. If this were to happen, then the killing of wild animals is justified to ensure the protection of humans and keeping the balance of life cycle. Similarly, if the insects overstep their jurisdiction of assigned food to harm others food, then to reduce their numbers through any means for maintaining the environmental balance is not a sin.

Food grains and vegetables form the natural food for man assigned by the Divine Lord.  Some people argue that even vegetation has got life, and then do we not become sinners by eating them? Here, it is important to clarify that vegetation is not endowed with wisdom unlike animal Kingdom. According to the Divine Law, the vegetation Kingdom has been created to support its superior Kingdom i.e. animal Kingdom. As such the herbivores (animal Kingdom) is to survive by getting food from the plant Kingdom. Hence, whatever is being done according to the Divine Law does not come under the category of sin.

~ Iqbal Singh Ji (Baba),

~ From Sikh Sidhant - An Epitome of Interface for Spiritualism of Humanity