CONFUSED

Buddha the enlightened one has never said not to eat meat, so Buddhists all around the world eat flesh. Buddha also believed in the laws of 'cause and effect' (karma), originally preached by lord Krishna, Ironically Buddha's preaching starts with Ahimsa, meaning non-voilence. I am confused, help me answer these:

1. Is it Buddhist to eat flesh?
2. Did Buddha, who asked his followers to practise mindfullness leave the question of flesh eating to logically think to his followers? ( meaning killing is bad so is eating flesh, meat is, most of the time available after slaughtering). Or,
3.  Buddha himself found it irresistable to  meat? Remember he is known to have given up all his desires.  It is known that Buddha himself ate flesh,( the cause of his death was diarrhoea triggered by eating stale pork)   

Slow Down!

Everybody wants everything to be fast. Fast food, fast jobs, fast relationships, fast sex, faster cars, and faster internet connections, and the list goes on.. But last night when my mind was racing through the abyss of erratic thoughts, I appreciated how amazing it feels to slow down. It is soothing, it is free of fear and it is slow.

Slowing down gives you the time to appreciate the moment you are going through, and it creates some sort of mindfullness, peacefullness even in distress, a smile in both confusion and contentment.

So son, slow down!!