Guest guest Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 I just read something very upfront, the fact of life on earth is that we are all connected by DNA, all matter comes from one source... we are all connected to this energy, I call it spiritual. Take off your shoes once in a while, weather permitting, walk on the soft grass, sand, etc.. Our planet is alive and everything on it is alive. Every creature wants to live out life as nature meant it to be. In one hundred years, humans have done more harm to our Earth than any other life-form. We may have bigger brains but what good is it if we continue to destroy our only home with our knowledge? Do we need more pollution, more suffering, more bombs? We need a revolution, a new way of thinking and being, not only for a few but teaching all children to live with heart. We're meant to be stewards of other creatures, if we destroy them, we hurt ourselves in the end. Why eat other animals unless we have to? Not many people live in wilderness today. The local health food store, the local supermarket has many organic, vegetarian choices. How many times have you seen children abusing their pets? This is a sign of things to come, many people in jails today started out with abusing animals usually having been abused themselves. Is this what we want for humankind, more jails, more murders, more violence and finally another world war? Humans have so much potential at birth, let's teach our children to be close to nature, shot animals with a camera not a gun for sport, know that animals feel, have emotions, feel pain like we do. Animals have a soul. I laugh when I hear some person, country, etc. bragging about being superior, this isn't true. This is an arrogant way of thinking and leads to feelings of being able to control, destroy, enslave, use and abuse others 'who are not superior'. Every being has a place in the web of life. Every animal can teach us something. I'm lucky, I've had a lot of time to observe nature, I suggest taking children for walks in the woods, even in the backyard and get up close to the real world out there. How can anyone kill a deer when looking into their eyes? Nature has taken care of its own long before we came along with our big guns. If you eat eggs, buy them from free walking hens who can run around and not be caged in. These hens are fed organically and not mistreated. (I wish they would put these hens out to pasture after their laying days are over to live out their lives but I understand they are sold...I don't eat eggs anymore!) Even the fish in the oceans are being depleted with over-fishing. Where else can man destroy? I'm afraid the next frontier is outer space! We'll soon have clutter up there too! If you drink milk, I suggest soy milk or rice milk. Cows milk is for calves. Cows milk isn't healthy for humans. Yes, we need to make better choices now. The information we need is out there on the net, in books, etc. I feel strongly about some things, Hope I don't offend anyone, just some stuff to think about. Aren't women wonderful, after menopause, we all find out voices. LOL hugs to all on the list, Deanna on West Island @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Each choice has brought us to the present moment. Each event in our lives, whether joyful or painful, serves to teach us lessons. Whatever we give out to the world will naturally & deliberately mutliply & flow back to us. - LifeCraft But we didn't have a choice as children! Visit My Aussie Nizhoni-Tipsoo album ~ http://community.webshots.com/user/tipanna La Mer, @( ~ ~ )@ et Tipsoo @=@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 This whole conversation is going somewhere very strange. This is not a superiority issue. Humans are more evolved and more intelligent than animals. We also therefore have much greater capacity for neurosis. But there is a thing called dharma, where everyone and everything wishes to be of service. Beings are transformed through service. Service does not mean being victimized; it means being of service. Cows are largely victimized, so are many horses, so are some dogs. That doesn't eliminate the fact that they still wish to serve. Just because they don't have as much intelligence as humans doesn't mean they are inferior and doesn't mean they don't remind us of certain realities, and it doesn't mean they are not healers. When they do that they are being of service, because they want to and because God wants them to. If God wanted animals to live in a universe all by themselves he would have created a planet for them and a planet for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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