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Bloodsong: Thank you for your constructive reply to my post. I expected to be all out flamed for what I said but you took the time to analyze, reply and correct me where I was wrong with facts I overlooked. Few people online ever seem to be capable of that.

Also, you raise an excellent point with how those of less fortunate financial backings are usually left behind when it comes an education. This was something I didn't consider and completely agree with you on.

Just had to bring this crap into a forum based around astral projection...

Anyways, as far as organic food goes, if tomorrow the world switched every means of farming over to organic methods, millions would die. It is the non-organic methods that have allowed humanity to increase it's size drastically (and that doesn't mean your waist size). Also due to these methods it takes less land to produce a higher quality/quantity of said food. Organic food costs more because the percentage of surviving crop is far less then those protected through chemical means. Though these means of food production may be unhealthy, there's always this to remember: there are more people today then there ever has been, and people live longer now then they ever have.

As far as meat goes, we were meant to eat it, there's a reason we're omnivores. You don't need incisors or canines for eating lettuces. One problem with meat today though is that cows are pumped to the gills with antibiotics so that they live longer, grow fatter, and thus produce more profit. Those antibiotics remain in the meat and traces of them are being consumed every time you eat a Big Mac. As far as killing them goes, our methods just remove the entire hunting process. No matter how it's done the animal is still KILLED. It doesn't matter how it's done or how much thanks and praise you give it's deceased carcass, it still died for the purpose of providing you with food so you can continue living.

Concerning how much we make, the more technology there is the more strain it puts on humanity. Now with computers all across the world and being integrated into everything, the job market has shifted. No longer can you make a living working at a local store or as a school janitor because it doesn't require any education. When one job takes 3 days of training and the other takes years of college and thousands of dollars in fees to perform, who do you think will be payed more?

On outsourcing businesses, they only do it to a certain extent. If they could get away with it, every corporation in America would outsource, but if they did that no jobs would remain in America and then they'd lack consumers and in turn bring their own downfall. And ya'know, why should millions of poor Asians be allowed to have jobs ?

Listen, this post will probably tinkle of the lot of you, but I'm taking more of a factual outlook rather then a modern society is evil outlook. Not trying to be a willy with that, but after reading these posts THAT is the message I got from it. I don't want to change your way of life or how you go about doing things, so don't take it that way, but hey, if you do, I can't stop you.

Now please, can we get back to astral projection, energy development, etc, etc?

When fasting, do you count time spent sleeping towards the overall clock, or do you only count your waking hours? Or did you just got with the 'ol stay up for two days deal? I'm interested in attempting a fast like this after reading this topic and just wanted a few more details before trying it.