04-08-2015, 01:45 PM
(04-08-2015, 04:59 AM)AngelofDeath Wrote: This isn't quite exactly on the topic, but it raises a question that I think parallels what we have been discussing.
http://higherperspectives.com/kinessa-johnson/
This woman, an army veteran, protects animals by killing humans (well, they operate without the intent to kill, but that doesn't mean it won't happen). Any thoughts as to what might be happening metaphysically there? I always find it interesting when things turn the other way and animal life is valued more than human life. I think all life should be held equal and sacred, for it is all the One, Shiva.
I totally agree that all life is equal and sacred.
Are you saying that an issue here in this discussion is valuing animals over humans? Or are you saying, as I have, that many humans value their lives over all other life?
My take on the article (I didn't watch the video): I don't think violence is ever the answer. I don't know what the answer is. But if the world actually cared about suffering, whether human or animal, we could deal with poaching (it's a horrible trade) another way—we have a lot of technology. Regarding the woman and her team: I think they see themselves as fighting crime, rather than that they value animal life over human life. Cops who pursue perpetrators of violent crimes are (hopefully) just trying to stop more violence, rather than valuing the lives of victims over criminals.
I don't agree even with handling violent criminals this way. If I could change our justice system, I would invent phasers like the ones on Star Trek which had only the stun function, and I would transform prisons into places of healing where the imprisoned could learn they are worthy of love.
The poaching business is very cruel. They cut off parts of these animals even if they aren't dead and there is a market for things such as tables made of elephant legs, and ashtrays made of gorilla hands, and sex elixirs made from rhino horns, and on and on (I did a book a few years back on endangered species and had to do the research). That they are endangered species doesn't bother me as much as the suffering caused to each animal.
Metaphysically, violence is being perpetuated. The hamster wheel keeps turning. Not to be negative, but I don't see that things are so much better and we are in 4D. But I don't get out much and I don't watch TV or news, so perhaps I'm wrong.
What are your thoughts on this and how it applies here?