A few of the questions which have arose in my mind before I arrived at this yard-stick and their answers are below. I am sure you will disagree on several fronts. Please discuss them in philist. A An artist requires a very subtle mind to channelise his emotions into a sense-percievable form. A spiritual aspirant also tries to overcome the limitations of the physical and mental phenomenon and reach the super-conscious level of perception.
Religion is the highest aspiration of civilisation and it requires the most subtle mind.
To realise the Absolute, one requires the highest degree of intution. Art is a good training field to develop this faculty. A Being low in toxic contents like urea, vegetarian food tends to keep the toxic content in the blood to a very low level. Also, the fibre content in vegetarian food keeps the body's excretory system in good shape. So the blood is maintained pure.