11-14-2011, 09:28 AM
(11-14-2011, 07:40 AM)yossarian Wrote: Isn't that like eating the sun ? The sun has feelings too!
Absolutely! That's a Good Point! I Agree!
(honestly, we can't live without taking something from something, just like the sun, it's all the same in light of Oneness)
(11-14-2011, 01:52 AM)Diana Wrote:(11-13-2011, 10:45 PM)3DMonkey Wrote:(11-13-2011, 10:13 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: Ergo, someone seeking a spiritual path, who continues to inflict suffering on other beings, must be in denial.
The only other explanation is that they don't care.
I don't think they don't care. I know these people do care. Thus, the only possible explanation left is denial.
It's simple logic. Either they don't care, or they're in denial. What other option is there?
(11-13-2011, 06:10 AM)3DMonkey Wrote: But, I suppose the one who is actually in denial is the one who is blinded.
Well, that's what being in denial means. Blinded.
You have accurately described a vegetarian who does not consider their own practice to "hurt" plants.
I do care, but I am not in denial. I will murder animal and plant to survive. We all do it. I think it best to accept that.
I do consider that I harm plants to eat and survive. I just feel it generates less fear and harm than taking the lives of animals. Logically, because plants survive even when you take parts of them, and animals don't, wouldn't the fear be greater for animals? Wouldn't the pain and terror be greater?
I hope that in the future--my imagined evolved future--we will not require the consuming of matter to survive. Perhaps we will be more plant-like and derive sustenance from light.
I do consider that I harm animals by eating them. I'm not afraid of any repercussions to my soul for doing so. Fear works that way too.