Apology to David Bozzi

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

 

In my earlier remarks to David given below, I was unnecessarily

sarcastic in my response. I felt it afterwards and perhaps David felt it as

well as he has d from the list. I am very sorry for that as David

is a great contributor and an old Internet friend who has taught us much and

I hope he will come back. I want to apologize to him and the list for the

tone of my comments. Humor can make us laugh but biting and sarcastic humor

can make others wince as well. On e-mail, this attribute becomes amplified.

So David, love you brother. Whether you come back or not :--). Just kidding.

Come back already. ...........Harsha

 

 

Harsha: I guess the deal dear David is that there are no micro organisms,

plants, fruits, animals, or elephants on this list to represent themselves.

We are more or less limited to the Human perspective. It is not wrong to

hold a human perspective, especially if you are in a human body. It is

fortunate for us that you can put forth a perspective from the fruits and

vegetables point of view (although you are clearly not a fruit or a

vegetable :--). Your argument (perhaps tongue in cheek) about eating, if

taken to its logical conclusion appears to be too rigid and absolutist. You

do a wonderful job of advocating for plants and fruits with intelligence and

energy. But common sense suggests that there are levels of violence and we

should not equate picking fruits with killing animals. We cannot eat and

breathe without doing some violence. Mahatma Gandhi used to say that since

violence is built into nature, we must aim to limit or minimize violence. In

my conditioned view, it seems that it is less violent to pick fruits and

vegetables to eat than to kill animals to eat. A plant based diet seems less

violent to me. Perhaps becoming a complete fruitarian overcomes the issue of

cauliflowers feeling pain as well as pointed out by both Jan and Sue. In any

case, the main issue here is sensitivity to life and awareness of life all

around us. Life feeds on life. Being in Awareness and in gratitude for what

we consume and for those who provide for us by giving themselves up to us

(fruits, plants, etc.) is helpful. Ultimately, the hunter is the prey. We

are all prey to the Absolute. Upon being consumed by the Absolute, the

Realization Dawns that I am the Absolute.