In regards to eating meat

[BrownEye]

If grass is individuated, then how many entities are in a lawn? Does it writhe in pain when you mow your lawn? If so, isn't that a very cruel design? A wild deer has a good life until the wolf kills it. But what sort of Creator would design a planet in which the entire plant kingdom, which is being torn apart by higher beings on a daily basis, lives in constant pain?

As matter, there is somewhat of a being "behind" each blade of grass.

Is each blade of grass itself an individual being? no.

A tree is a good representation of an individual entity. It has quite a long time to develop a form of awareness. My own proof is when I ask the tree in my yard if it is happy or lacking in anything. It answers. It is aware of me. It projects enough that people who visit my property can sense or feel it, which then confuses them if they pinpoint it to the tree itself. The only other time I have noticed this same effect is from a specific Lemurian crystal.

In the animal world we can see a difference in awareness depending on the normal lifespan of the animal. This seems somewhat applicable to the plant world also.

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I would think so... But I don't consciously make the choice to kill microbes. I think in order for me to consciously kill a being, I have to be blocked in some way from experiencing/expressing FULL compassion towards it.

This is the same effect as hitting animals driving in our car. As we progress in a specific direction, we tend to have a more negative effect on the environment that we take for granted will always host our experience. We take for granted more and more of this negative effect as we rely more on technology rather than the earth itself.