(09-27-2015, 04:50 PM)Shemaya Wrote: It is true that it's a horrible system of exploitation, enslavement and environmental degradation across the board for our agriculture / food, and our global economy.
It's true, we unfortunately can't exist in modern society without being connected to all sorts of horrible things. We can make an attempt at living ethically as best as possible, but I think a central aspect that is missing in the general population as a whole is not what is ultimately right or wrong, but an attitude of sacredness and gratefulness.
So I'm not sure that consumption/materialism is the issue, but rather we consume things hollowly. I think the first step then is to start cultivating that awareness at meals or when things are purchased. Blessing food, meat or otherwise, and cherishing material goods should not only have a vibrational effect, but the awareness alone of things being sacred creates the condition where things are appreciated and less likely to be abused/consumed blindly.
I can see how basically the spirit of things has vanished creating a void because we don't feed it, and it has gone extremely hungry and is devouring everything around it. By feeding the spirit, things should begin to change.